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Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment and Financial Services Association and Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, transparency and disclosure are fundamental principles that lay the ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... Australia chief executive; Rosemary Vilgan, Qsuper chief executive and Richard Gilbert, Investment and Financial Services Association chief executive. Also part of the group are Terry McCredden, Telstra Super chief executive; Andrea Slattery, Self Managed ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... Taxation to review taxation arrangements applying to the sector. Minister Bowen told an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference last Friday that he had released a consultation paper looking into abolishing the archaic Division ...

Govt extends tax exemptions for terminally ill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... beneficiary or their estate," Anderson said. Richard Gilbert, chief executive at Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), said the association welcomes the decision. "It will be of some comfort that terminally ill people can now access their ...

Why only bank fees in government sights?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... that downunder we struggle with the same problems. According to a report by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) released in May last year, super fund fees jumped 29 per cent between 2004 and 2006 to more than $10 billion. If the ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... for all Australians," Jo-Anne Bloch said. Richard Gilbert, chief executive at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said any measures to improve financial advice delivery and provide more Australians' with access to cost effective ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... finance industry bodies. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Investment and Financial Services Association yesterday applauded the Prime Minister's five-point plan to address inflation by encouraging private and national savings ...

Mico receives Industry Excellence Award

Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) senior policy manager David Mico receives the Industry Excellence Award for his contribution in the life insurance industry. The award was handed to Mico as part of an IFSA Board resolution in a meeting ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... been dealing with the investment management industry's representative body, the Investment and Financial Services Association, on procedures for implementing the new rules. A drafting error in the law "gives rise to an unintended effect of exempting ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... constitute a breach," he said. However, Richard Gilbert, chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association, disagreed, saying the fund was not paying the commission. "The fund is not paying the commission. It's the manager or trustee ...