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Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
Research commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed that superannuation product disclosure statements (PDS) under 20 pages long are the most effective way to present information to investors. The research conducted ...

Life insurance tax should be abolished: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
Life insurers and industry body IFSA are backing a proposed state legislation to abolish stamp duty and other related taxes on life insurance products which, if passed, could reduce premiums by up to 12 per cent. Yesterday industry body IFSA, which ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... really retail insurance and not what we do," he said. However, according to the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) deputy chief executive, John O'Shaughnessy, Australia was the first country in the world to adopt an anti-discriminatroy ...

Govt moves in on legacy products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... Issues Paper, released last year, received 20 submissions. Richard Gilbert, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive, supported the minister's plans, adding he wanted customers to be moved into modern products at no extra ...

Women-friendly finance tips launched

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... to go further because they tend to live longer." Indeed, Richard Gilbert, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive, said providing financial literacy for women was "incredibly important" because they faced completely different ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Nick Sherry, will address an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) lunch. The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) will hold a media discussion forum. Australian stocks gained ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Amidst recent shake-ups in securities lending, director share trading, margin loans and short selling, IFSA and ACSI have joined forces to outline their views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... review taxation arrangements applying to the sector. Minister Bowen told an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference last Friday that he had released a consultation paper looking into abolishing the archaic Division 6C tax and ...

Govt extends tax exemptions for terminally ill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... beneficiary or their estate," Anderson said. Richard Gilbert, chief executive at Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), said the association welcomes the decision. "It will be of some comfort that terminally ill people can now access their ...

Why only bank fees in government sights?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... downunder we struggle with the same problems. According to a report by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) released in May last year, super fund fees jumped 29 per cent between 2004 and 2006 to more than $10 billion. If the government ...