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ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

FPA awards open to submissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has opened its 2015 awards to submissions. In addition to the FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year, FPA Financial Planner AFP of the Year, and Future2 Community Service awards ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Michael Easson, chair of Icon Water, Actew AGL and EG Funds Management, will replace Jim Minto as chair of The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. BetaShares appoints CIO - BetaShares portfolio manager Louis Crous has been promoted to chief ...

Financial advice is a boring game

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... prospective clients, argued PortfolioConstruction Forum chief finology officer Dr. David Lazenby. Speaking at the 2015 Association of Financial Advisers National Roadshow in Sydney, Lazenby compared the traditional advice process to a combination of ...

ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... wellbeing social enterprise 10thousandgirl, with support from various organisations including the Financial Planning Association of Australia.

Advisers need to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... collaboration between planners, according to Complete Financial Balance principal Brendan Cox. Speaking at the 2015 Association of Financial Advisers National Roadshow in Sydney, Cox - whose company won the 2014 AFA Practice of the Year award - said ...

Extend compulsory super to self-employed: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Australia's labour force is self-employed and compulsory superannuation should include at least some of them, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. "Only a relatively small number of the self-employed have business assets ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), SMSF Association, Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... corporation without a rational or compelling basis, and will undermine the representative trustee system." However, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) endorsed the government's proposal of having one third of independent ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed its first independent chair following Jim Minto's decision to retire from the role and as a director on 30 July. Minto was appointed chair in November 2013, and has been an ASFA ...