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SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and consulting firm Deloitte have joined calls from other industry bodies to criticise the Coalition's plan to defer the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) by two years. The debate centres ...

Melbourne-based BDM joins Morningstar

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Morningstar Australasia has appointed Guy Callaghan as Melbourne-based business development manager to further enhance the firm's sales and client relationship management efforts. "We're working with an increasing number of dealer groups, brokers, institutions ...

IFM wins $300m Cbus cash mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has awarded Industry Funds Management (IFM) with a $300 million cash mandate. Cbus executive manager - investment strategy Kristian Fok said that the decisiob was made due to IFM's reputation as a debt specialist, with ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Dive! Dive! Dive! You've heard the news - our very own currency is top of the pops no more, it's made one hell of celebrity splash over the past week as it fell below parity against the big dollar and continued to head down ...

MoneySmart list of unlicensed companies approaches 700

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The number of unlicensed companies listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s online financial literacy website, MoneySmart, has grown to 696. China Environment Group Limited (CEG), based in the British Virgin Islands, has ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Overall numbers of financial planners have dropped by 2% from a 2012 high point of 18,545 in 2012 according to recent Rainmaker research. According to the research there are currently 18,096 planners in Australia, with a loss of 450 from 2012. "On the ...

FPSA makes senior appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
netwealth has appointed of Lisa Faferko as Financial Planning Services Australia (FPSA) head of licensee operations. In March this year FPSA came under the umbrella of netwealth Advice Group, alongside Pathway Licensee Services and Bridgeport Financial ...

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The Coalition's announcement that they would delay the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) increase would see millions of Australians move into retirement with inadequate savings according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The terms "financial planner" and "financial adviser" took a step closer to being enshrined in law after a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) was asked to provide a report on the issue. With the Coalition confirming they would not oppose the bill ...

Equipsuper focuses on 'member experience'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Equipsuper has created a new role to manage the company's growing relationship with Mercer. Justin McMinn will fill the newly-created position, assuming the title 'member retention and experience manager'. EquipSuper outsources its member administration ...