AFA Rising Star Finalists Announced

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The Association of Financial Advisers has this week announced the finalists in the 2008 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award.

The finalists and their dealer group are:

  • Mary Benton: AMP Financial Planning
  • Brad Fox: Total Financial Solutions
  • Suzanne Miskell: Total Financial Solutions
  • Sarah Riegelhuth: Synchron
  • Ryan Watson: Synchron
  • Aaron Zelman: Apogee Financial Planning

The Award, sponsored by ING Australia, is intended to recognise the best new adviser talent emerging in Australia, where the nominees and finalists are judged across four key areas:

  • Provision of advice
  • Business acumen
  • Community service
  • Industry service

“The Rising Star Award allows us to shine the light across Australia to identify and recognise some of Australia’s best and brightest advisers. It’s about nuturing the future of the Industry,” said Richard Klipin, AFA Chief Executive Officer.

“The high calibre of all entries made the judging very difficult. It is encouraging that our industry has a strong inflow of new and talented advisers,” said Mr Klipin, who added, “This Award is about promoting best practice so it is fundamental to our philisophy that we award and acknowledge the most talented new entrants to our profession.”

Mark Vilo, ING Australia Head of Dealer Groups, said that ING Australia’s lead sponsorship of these awards underlines its commitment to promoting and fostering quality advice:

“These awards provide an opportunity to recognise exceptional new talent from adviser ranks and to promote the overall quality and calibre of financial advice.”

“As one of the judges it’s an exciting exercise to review the award entries and acknowledge the contribution of our newest advisers and their vital role to the growth of our industry,” said Mr Vilo.

The winner will be announced at a special ceremony on Sunday 19 October at the AFA National Conference.

At the same time, the AFA has announced the finalists in the 2008 AFA Adviser of the Year Award, where the winner will also be announced at this year’s AFA Conference in Melbourne.



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