Financial Adviser of the Year

This award recognises the financial planner/advice specialist, considering not only the delivery of best practice financial advice, but also the aptitude and acumen to build a successful, client driven advice business.

Eligibility

This award is open to any practising financial adviser and is based on activities over the 2017 calendar year.
NB: Applicant must appear on ASIC’s Financial Advisers Register.

All entrants must be aged 30 years or younger for the duration of the work being completed between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017.

Submission criteria and requirements

Please answer the following questions (400 words max per question):

• Please provide your AFSL registration number.
• Highlight how you have structured your business and offering to service the financial advice
  needs of clients – for example, business resourcing, professional development, knowledge
  expansion.
• Demonstrate the tactics, strategies and success of generating business from this market
  segment – including conversion of existing clients, generating repeat and referred business, or
  other marketing campaigns to win business.
• Provide case studies or examples that showcase how you cater for the financial advice needs of
  clients and how that influences business success.
• Evidence any financial or business metrics and/or statements with supporting documentation,
  including audited statements, third-party independent data reports or client/partner endorsements and testimonials.

Supporting documentation

Optional: Please include any supporting material in your submission so that the judges can consider it. This material can include references, testimonials, statistics, video, media coverage and financial or business metrics and/or statements and third-party independent data reports to support your submission.

We also encourage entrants to submit an optional short video - up to 30 seconds long - answering the question, “What does success mean to you?”

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Total number of investment clients serviced
Total funds under advice (FUA) ($)
Net Promoter Score (NPS) (optional)
Recommended template for those who are looking to obtain an NPS: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/net-promoter-score-survey-template/

Individual

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• Auditor of the Year
• Bookkeeper of the Year
• CEO of the Year
• CFO of the Year
• Director of the Year
• Entrepreneur of the Year
• Finance Broker of the Year
• Financial Adviser of the Year
• Fintech Leader of the Year
• Innovator of the Year
• Insurance Business Development Leader of the Year
• Investment Business Development Leader of the Year
• Investment Manager of the Year
• Legal Counsel of the Year
• Lending Business Development Leader of the Year
• Marketing Professional (Agency) of the Year
• Marketing Professional (In-house) of the Year
• Mortgage Broker of the Year
• Principal of the Year
• Public Relations/Communications Professional (Agency) of the Year
• Public Relations/Communications Professional (In- house) of the Year
• Regional Professional of the Year
• SMSF Adviser of The Year
• Thought Leader of the Year

Group

• Education & Training Program of the Year
• Graduate Program of the Year
• Recruiter of the Year