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AMAFA Announces 2026 Excellence Award Winners

AMAFA has announced the winners of the 2026 AMAFA Excellence Awards (the Awards) at a gala event concluding the AMAFA National Conference The Next Chapter in Hobart.

The Awards recognise outstanding financial advisers, mortgage brokers and practices within the AMAFA network. Read more in AdviserVoice

Adviser Voice

Financial advisers will need to focus on professionalism, leadership and client trust as artificial intelligence, regulatory change and adviser shortages reshape the profession, AMAFA Managing Director Keith Marshall says. Read more in RiskInfo

RiskInfo

The financial advice profession spends a lot of time discussing how to attract and support new advisers, but far less time talking about what happens when experienced advisers decide they want to build businesses of their own.

Read what AMAFA National Operations Manager, Mario Finocchiaro, says about supporting advisers to run their own practices in today’s Financial Newswire.

Financial Newswire

Boutique dealer group AMAFA has entered a partnership with Human Financial Management to develop a strategic investment capability to support its advisers with portfolio construction and investment governance. Read more in Money Management

IFA

AMAFA’s MD, Keith Marshall says that for years the financial advice industry has claimed to know what advisers want – but in reality, what they are looking for something quite different. Read more in IFA 

IFA

Boutique financial advice licensee Australian Mortgage and Financial Advisers (AMAFA) has expanded its national footprint by appointing six advisers so far this year across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The Brisbane-based dealer group said on Tuesday that the new appointments span a range of specialisations, including risk advice, retirement planning and cross-border financial advice.

Financial Newswire

AMAFA Launches AI Advice Review Tool

Queensland boutique licensee AMAFA has introduced an advice review tool to help advisers review their documentation.

IFA   Adviser Voice

AMAFA has launched a new self-assessment tool aimed at prompting advisers to review the resilience and succession preparedness of their own practices.

IFA

Advisers Turning to Self-Licensing as Licensee Value Comes Under Scrutiny: AMAFA

The advice profession needs to confront a growing and uncomfortable reality: a cohort of advisers is increasingly viewing self-licensing…

IFA   Financial Newswire

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported?

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AMAFA calls out licensee ‘old-school retention tactics’

Some Australian licensees are clinging to old-school retention tactics…

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported?

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported?

The Licensee of the Future

Boutique licensees are growing, micro-AFSLs are accelerating, and larger and institutional groups are finding that scale on its own…

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported?

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? 

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Licensees Dressing Up Exit Fees as PI Run-Off Cover ‘Fail Transparency Test’: AMAFA

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported?

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported?

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on

AMAFA on the Ensombl Licensee Podcast

Licensee Podcast Series 12 October 2025

What does it take to build an advice practice that’s both successful and well supported? Our Managing Director Keith Marshall and National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro joined Ensombl host Andrew Rocks to share how AMAFA empowers advisers to grow stronger, smarter businesses within a genuinely supportive community.

🎧 Tune in now on