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ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest ...

Adviser remuneration "critical": Trowbridge Interim Report

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... "critical" areas in the interim report of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). John Trowbridge who released the report and is independent ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... requirement, and therefore a duplication. To this end, the appropriate consumer protections remain in place." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said: "We welcome these two developments that help to provide the financial ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
MLC has partnered with the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) to provide advisers with self-managed super fund (SMSF) advice accreditation, training and support. Under the scheme, MLC and NAB licensees who attain SPAA accreditation ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... yet, the government appears to have put this review on the backburner. At its annual conference in November, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) took matters into its own hands, launching a policy framework for the retirement ...

Second Gwen Fletcher award winner named

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... Financial Planner (CFP) designation to Australia in 1990. Fletcher was also key in the merger between the International Association of Financial Planners (IAFP) and the Australian Society of Investment and Financial Advisers (ASIFA) to become the Financial ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has rejected the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) recommendation that the government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... require public offer superannuation funds to have a majority of independent directors and an independent chair." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which represents both retail and industry funds, did not take a firm position ...

Change insurance commissions to fight churning: FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... consumers to obtain life insurance advice." It said that the findings of the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) working group should also be considered during the development and implementation phases. On ...

FPA appoints WA chapter chair

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed a new chair of its Western Australian chapter. Certified financial planner David Sharpe, of Globe Financial Planning, takes over from Randall Stout. He will support the FPA in ensuring ...