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Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Singapore government has announced that Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates will next year climb for pre-retirees up to 35% while also establishing a $8 billion special purpose fund to pay for the health care needs of the Pioneer Generation. ...

ASIC could implement immediate suspension of advisers

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... proof, have a hearing, give the adviser a right to be heard and follow formal legal processes. He said that ASIC would need extra powers "that overrode people's rights to hear a case against them" to be allowed to suspend an adviser immediately. However ...

NAB named best private bank

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... Private Wealth for the depth and range of its products, its high touch relationship management and its ability to go the extra mile," they said. "NAB Private Wealth continues to dominate due to its size, experience, and stability, making it the clear ...

Advisers to review privacy compliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... the next three weeks. "Information given to clients about how their information is to be used should be reviewed and the extra information required for data collection statements should be added when collecting information, be it face-to-face or by telephone," ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Recent job cut announcements by Qantas, Telstra and Ford, among others, gave the negativity in the latest jobs numbers an extra kick. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey must be wishing they "could blame it on the sunshine ...

Bowen's FoFA fears "complete rubbish": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has slammed comments by Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen that proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation may make Storm or Trio Capital cases "more likely" as "complete rubbish." "The ...

FPA slams detractors of best interest amendment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has stated that "consumers have nothing to fear from the proposed amendments" that will remove a sub-section of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation referring to the best interest duty. "We are witnessing ...

FoFA amendments could bring back commissions: FPA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
The government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms could lead to a return to commissions, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has warned. Speaking at the Financial Advice in Super Symposium ...

Niche funds have their advantages: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... in claims, Proebstl said this is one area where niche funds have an advantage. "This is a really tangible example of the extra benefits a fund that specialises in an occupational group can provide its members. The reality is if our members were in a ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... interest into a career, Constantinidis didn't let the absence of a Higher School Certificate hold her back from gaining extra qualifications. A computing diploma at her local TAFE paved the way towards her first job at the State Super Board - or the ...