{"id":96,"date":"2008-10-31T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T22:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=96"},"modified":"2018-11-01T07:25:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T21:25:45","slug":"afs-group-further-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2008\/10\/31\/afs-group-further-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"AFS Group &#8211; Further Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tenYearsAgo\" style=\"margin=bottom: 2em !important; background-color: #eaeaea; padding: 3em 2em 2em 5em; background-image: url('https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2008\/08\/10-years-ago.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat;\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nTop 20 dealer group, AFS Group, reports it is on track to to achieve its target of recruiting 20 new practices in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->AFS CEO and Managing Director, <strong>Peter Daly<\/strong>, has confirmed the Group has already appointed 16 firms so far this year, observing that as a team, the AFS State and Regional based management group has worked hard to establish the profile, reputation and benefits of the dealer group in their respective local marketplaces.<\/p>\n<p>According to AFS, the prime reason for advisers and practices joining the Group, which is owned 100% by its advisers,\u00a0comes down to two\u00a0key factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AFS&#8217;s record of providing innovative business focused programs that advisers personalise to substantially improve their operational efficiency and success<\/li>\n<li>The flexibility that allows AFS advisers to select and adapt the dealer group&#8217;s offering that best supports the individual adviser&#8217;s business activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the past 18 months, AFS has introduced a large number of initiatives in response to feedback from its advisers including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boards of Advice<\/li>\n<li>AFS Business School<\/li>\n<li>Business planning &amp; coaching<\/li>\n<li>Peer groups<\/li>\n<li>Acquisition &amp; succession planning<\/li>\n<li>Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Sales training<\/li>\n<li>Technical sessions<\/li>\n<li>Client communication<\/li>\n<li>Paraplanning Academy<\/li>\n<li>Half day and full workshops on specific topics such as Risk, Agribusiness, Structured investments, etc<\/li>\n<li>Biannual PD Days<\/li>\n<li>Compliance workshops<\/li>\n<li>Client seminars<\/li>\n<li>Annual conference<\/li>\n<li>Symposiums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Daly said, &#8220;There are many reasons why advisers leave their dealer groups and seek a relationship with another dealer group. AFS consistently finds itself at the top of the \u2018shopping list&#8217; of advisers seeking a relationship with a dealership that is committed to their long-term business growth, efficiency and profitability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenYearsAgo\" style=\"margin=bottom: 2em !important; background-color: #eaeaea; padding: 3em 2em 2em 5em; background-image: url('https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2008\/08\/10-years-ago.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat;\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Top 20 dealer group, AFS Group, reports it is on track to to achieve its target of recruiting 20 new practices in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-dealer-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}