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Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... on what they need to do to pass SPAA's designation exams. The organisation has also introduced webinars focusing on technical content. As for more formal programs specifically designed for the SMSF market, there is not a great deal on offer. Currently ...

Rivkin firm launches managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... the existing Rivkin Local advice product. There will also be an unconstrained long/short global hedge fund that blends technical and fundamental analysis of exchange-traded and over-the-counter instruments. This more complex product is similar to the ...

APRA finalises Stronger Super reporting standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... requirements from funds following reaction from trustees. APRA has written to funds explaining the adjustments, which are technical and highly detailed. The outcome is funds will have to follow 32 reporting standards, down from the initial proposals ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... as an organisation and obtained it within three months. "There is a difference between doing tax returns and applying technical aspects of the law into financial planning strategies, we have been applying the effect of tax to advice for ages," Ling said. ...

Merrill Lynch to pay $120k over compliance infringement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Merrill Lynch had failed to put in place "organisational and technical resources for its system for the automated processing of orders, including appropriate automated filters." Merrill Lynch ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... investors have fully participated yet," he told journalists at a presentation in Sydney. "Many institutions have a lack of technical understanding of what is happening in Japan. There is cognitive dissonance in the West from investors who say they have ...

Planners must advise people, not portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... practices' clients rated their satisfaction with fee arrangements at 8.2, while other advisers' clients rated it at 7.8. "Technical skills are a must, they are a basic expectation that clients have, but what's really important are interpersonal skills," ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... said the Coalition would delay raising the SG from 9% to 12%, in a bid to save the country $1.1 billion. SPAA head of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said the delay would reduce the adequacy of Australians' retirement savings. "SPAA ...

Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... insurance advice dealer group's new national manager, advice. As national manager, advice, Gnanendran will be oversee technical risk for the Affinia network on all matters across our approved product list (APL) in relation to claims, technical product ...

SMSF growth slows on low super system confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... superannuation system is slowing the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market, according to Jordan George, technical development and policy manager at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). Speaking at the annual Financial ...