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New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... professional certification, code of conduct, standards and ethics, that's a professional association," he added. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operating officer Phil Anderson welcomed the PJC inquiry and the fact that it encourages ...

AFA unveils main principles of code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will prioritise the completion of the organisation's code of conduct after revealing the foundation principles of the document this morning at a roadshow in Sydney. The AFA expected to complete the code of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... down seven points at 5,522. US pending home sales slipped 1.1 per cent in June to 102.7, according to the National Association of Realtors' index. That was a modestly stronger decline than analysts' consensus estimate of 0.8 per cent drop. In local economic ...

AMP remains top dog on RI mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... remains Australia's largest manager of responsible investment (RI) mandates, according to the Responsible Investment Association of Australia's (RIAA) Benchmark Report 2014. AMP Capital added an extra $800 million in assets under management (AUM) in ...

Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... said it wanted to approach the issue as part of a wider review of retirement income, which it is now doing. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which has been a vocal proponent of regulatory overhaul, welcomed the paper, with ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... enormously diverse industry, with no single business model dominating. Jointly published by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Macquarie, the 2014 SMSF Service Model Report, carries the responses of 292 SMSF service businesses ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... experience, employment history, areas of expertise, results of advice audits and annual certification results. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said that only advisers with appropriate qualifications and experience should be on the register ...

Are super funds the new shadow banks?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... management fund as well." He pointed out that at an infrastructure conference in Sydney this week organised by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) there was a large contingent of fund managers. "If you actually look at the participants ...

UK annuities policy dubbed 'political schizophrenia'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... introducing compulsory annuitisation in Australia. Speaking at an event on infrastructure investment hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) in Sydney, National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chief executive Joanne ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... to the argument that conflicted remuneration be removed. This is a great result for planners and consumers." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) agreed and said that the amendments would increase consumer protections. "The prospect of having ...