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The IFA Excellence Awards 2024 winners and finalists have been announced, celebrating the best in financial advice and industry leadership.

About Momentum Media. Momentum Media (www.momentummedia.com.au) has been equipping Australia’s corporate, investor and business sectors with market and business intelligence for over a decade.Across an integrated business supported by digital, events, live streaming, broadcast, content-on-demand, research, print and social platforms, we are guided by a fundamental principal: Be better informed.

Apr 3, 2023 · The AFA and FPA confirmed that while FPA members will start to see a transition to the new FAAA branding over coming weeks, the AFA will continue to operate under its own brand until 30 June, when those members who renew will move to the FAAA.

Dec 5, 2024 · Members of the financial services industry gathered tonight (Thursday, 5 December 2024) for the 11th annual ifa Excellence Awards ceremony at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney, hosted with support from principal partner Padua.A total of 36 winners were honoured for excellence tonight out of over 300 finalists who competed across 20 individual and 13 group submission-based categories.

Oct 22, 2024 · In its submission to the Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee inquiry into the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said there have been considerable changes to the financial advice landscape since the AML/CTF regime was introduced.

Feb 7, 2023 · After experiencing a significant upward trend in the second half of 2022, Kaplan said the surge to start the year is proof that financial advisers are simply “getting on with their education requirements” regardless of the proposed experience pathway.

Nationally recognising independent financial advice individuals and firms. The most anticipated awards program of the year, the ifa Excellence Awards, returned in 2024 delivering an unparalleled awards program that identified the top businesses and professionals in the financial services industry across the nation.

Nov 25, 2024 · The future of financial advice is digital – it has to be. With the average cost of receiving financial advice currently sitting at around $5,000 per year, it’s no wonder 90 per cent of Australians are choosing to go without.