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Women-friendly finance tips launched

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... less superannuation. Not only that, women's savings need to go further because they tend to live longer." Indeed, Richard Gilbert, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive, said providing financial literacy for women was "incredibly ...

New CEOs for Skandia, Intech

... asset management arm, Intech. Both Gethin-Jones and Black will report to Old Mutual regional head of Asia Pacific, Steffen Gilbert. Ruth Liew

Macq expands Qld broking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... boosted its stockbroking capacity in Queensland after signing five brokers to its team. Nathan Smith, Stephen Morgan, Shayne Gilbert, Nicholas Kerr and Matt Hinrichsen have all been appointed private client advisers within the Queensland office. Smith ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... John Maroney, Institute of Actuaries of 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 ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... reduce complexity, increase certainty and minimise compliance costs," said Minister Bowen. IFSA chief executive, Richard Gilbert, has welcomed this announcement which has "the potential to increase industry efficiency and improve tax certainty for funds ...

Govt extends tax exemptions for terminally ill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... superannuation benefits before passing away and then leaving it to a beneficiary or their estate," Anderson said. Richard Gilbert, chief executive at Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), said the association welcomes the decision. "It ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... look forward to working together to improve access to financial advice 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 ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... individuals clearly need to be saving more, and one way to achieve that through a target of 12 per cent minimum," said Richard Gilbert, chief executive officer of IFSA. Previous research by IFSA identified a link between poor saving performance by the ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... after banks, among the 19,000 entities Austrac has identified as falling under its authority. IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert said: "Until yesterday it was full steam ahead. This has been a massive expenditure for our members, who were not covered ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... unable to pay for the advice upfront is immaterial - this practice could 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. ...