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One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... clients were advised to take out life insurance that they could not afford. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have responded to the report by jointly convening a working group to specifically address ...

BT Super for Life launches video member statements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... 25-year income stream, and compares this to the amount needed for a 'comfortable lifestyle', as calculated by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). It then directs members towards BT's retirement income calculator to check the ...

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
FTSE Group has collaborated with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) to launch a set of fixed income benchmarks covering the various segments of the Australian bond market. The FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series will provide ...

Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... annum in superannuation, which amounts to nine months' worth of super for someone on average weekly earnings. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos urged people to be engaged with their superannuation ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... profitability, then the banks' recent move, may yet be a long-term winner. The research is a joint initiative with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), with the inaugural survey conducted last year.

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... life, incorporating accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission to the government's review of retirement income stream regulation ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... definition of an 'involuntary roll-over superannuation benefit'. The proposed changes would apply form 1 July 2015. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has been lobbying the government to make these changes for over three years. ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... legislative requirements." Brogden said that the FSC has not consulted with industry superannuation organisations, that the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has been "no-responsive so far" and that "there has been no ASIC involvement in the creation ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... argued that the industry was in "urgent need of a circuit breaker" and that the FSC would be "happy to fund it." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) COO Phil Anderson agreed with the FSC saying that self-regulation was not enough in the current ...

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Advice industry self-regulation is not an appropriate model to increase professionalism in the financial advice industry, as associations have "an inevitable conflict of interest," the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has argued. "Industry ...