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Watchdogs to recruit trustees for data collection

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has written to superannuation trustees to enlist their assistance in collecting fees and charges data which will in turn be published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

CPAs want better SoAs

CPA Australia has welcomed the Federal Government's Refinements to Financial Services Reform proposal but has expressed a desire for the government to go further to allow Statements of Advice (SoA) to be less complex and arduous. The accounting body ...

AMP looks to increase consumer financial literacy

... industry. The campaign is called Thinking Ahead and consists of an interactive CD-ROM available to members of the public upon request. A series of television and print media commercials will be used to promote the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM covers a variety ...

Clearview and MBF Life agree to correct unit pricing errors

... Investors whose compensation would be less than $20 are not covered by the undertaking but are entitled to be compensated upon request. MBF Life and Clearview must also report to ASIC regarding these matters. ASIC executive director of enforcement Jan ...

AFS licensees behind the eight ball with account lodgement

Almost 15 per cent of Australian financial services (AFS) licensees are overdue with lodging their 2004 annual accounts and auditor reports with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The 618 licensees with overdue accounts were ...

AFSLs growing in number

ASIC has revealed the total number of Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs) stood at 4,101 after it issued 363 additional AFSLs since March last year. Over the period the regulator also approved 582 variations to existing AFSLs and was notified ...

Planning financial future made easier by Rainmaker's SelectAdviser

Rainmaker has launched a free online directory SelectAdviser aimed at helping consumers find financial planners. The website includes comprehensive information on the financial planning industry and will ensure consumers have the right information to ...

FPA outlines strategic priorities for 2005

... will allow the association to improve the service to their members, as access to these bodies is a facility many members request.

Sunsuper snowballs its education and financial planning services

Sunsuper has appointed the Snowball group to provide education and financial planning services to its NSW and Victorian corporate accounts and member base. In the last year Sunsuper has grown its corporate superannuation portfolio through securing corporate ...

HESTA gets 34 per cent growth and an excellence award

The $6 billion HESTA industry fund secured an excellence award at the recent ASFA conference for its campaign 'Rollover, you're leaking'. The campaign encouraged the awareness among members of the cost of holding multiple super funds through additional ...