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Carbon schemes full of hot air

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... flawed and do not address long term climate change problems, said Reserve Bank director Warwick McKibbin. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, climate change expert McKibbin said one thing that's missing in the sustainability debate is that no ...

Evolution of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... talk about how the industry can best serve financial planners, its members and the merits of a super league table. At the IFSA conference this morning, Silk spent his timeslot on the podium to talk about fund services, disclosure and investment management ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
A review of APRA's return on assets (ROA) statistics commissioned by IFSA has recommended the regulator publish actual gross and net fund performance figures so consumers can compare the impact of advice. The report, produced by the International Centre ...

Top platforms give Basis investors helping hand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... leading wealth management providers have teamed up to establish a good will fund for embattled Basis Capital investors. The IFSA Basis Capital Working Group, made up of Asgard, BT Financial Group, Synergy Capital Management, Avanteos/Colonial First State ...

IFSA backs Chile FTA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) welcomed the Rudd Government's completion of a Free Trade Agreement with Chile, a destination previously only accessible by US companies. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said the agreement ...

Industry backs ASIC 'super snapshot'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... effect, give them a wake-up call," said Pauline Vamos, ASFA chief executive. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) also welcomed the ASIC consultation paper. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said the 'super snapshot' could boost ...

Deloitte pushes for cyber advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... faster and more online-based services from them, according to Peter Williams, Deloitte Digital chief executive. Speaking at an IFSA Deloitte Future Leaders meeting, Williams said financial advisers who incorporated online technology into their businesses ...

Aviva chief joins IFSA board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Allan Griffiths, chief executive of Aviva Australia since 2003, joins the IFSA board this week. Griffiths takes the spot after the resignation of Dennis Fox, who retired from Suncorp where he was wealth management group executive in May. Griffiths has ...

IFSA slams proposed default fund

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
IFSA has shot down a proposal by an APRA principal researcher for the government to set up a single-option indexed national default super fund to receive SG contributions. Richard Gilbert, chief executive of IFSA, is skeptical of research highlighting ...

Ex-IOOF exec joins Bellwether

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... was also a founding member of the Economics Savings and Tax Committee at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). This announcement follows a number of changes to Bellwether Group's senior management and board including Paula Allen as ...