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FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... Torres Strait Islander people value their unique and integral contribution to Australia's nationhood. The 2013 FSC Conference is being held in Brisbane between July 31 and August 2.

Advisers warned: take sequencing risk seriously

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... and partner at Drew, Walk & Co. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference, Professor Drew said that in order to avoid the pitfalls of sequencing risk, advisers need to shift their emphasis from rates ...

No more SMSF tax loopholes for excess concessional contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... their income, according to AMP SMSF's head of policy and technical Peter Burgess. Speaking at the SPAA State Technical Conference in Sydney on Tuesday, to an audience predominantly comprised of financial advisers, Burgess said that for the 2013-14 financial ...

SMSFs lose majority of cases against ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... Tax Office, according to David Hughes, a partner at law firm Small Myers Hughes. Speaking at the SPAA State Technical Conference in Sydney yesterday, Hughes said that of the 32 cases he looked at - largely involving excess contributions tax (ECT) and ...

AFA to welcome "first timers" in 2013 conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is ready to welcome new delegates at its 2013 Conference in October with an event specifically designed to help them. The "First Timers" session will help new delegates to develop a network of contacts and ...

US Hedge Fund Association opens in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The US-based Hedge Fund Association, a nonpartisan industry body aimed at increasing transparency and trust in alternative investments, has established an Australian chapter. The lobbying organisation's membership includes hedge funds, funds of funds ...

Self-education cap "short sighted": SPAA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has criticised the Government's proposal to cap tax deductions for professional self-education at $2000. SPAA said that the decision is "short-sighted and self-defeating" and said that a self-managed ...

Clients want a "social" relationship with advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... and with FoFA it makes it an even more important time to be an adviser." The summit continues today at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre and is the encore version following the first AdviserEdge summit held on the Gold Coast earlier this ...

AdviserEdge Melbourne kicks off on 14 July

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Spotify. An event app can also be downloaded from the App Store before the commencement of the event. As part of the conference The Social Adviser is raising money for Eva Pym, the daughter of a Sydney-based Financial Adviser who has been diagnosed with ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013