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Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... executive director David Lacey warned delegates attending the SMSF Professionals' association of Australia (SPAA) national conference yesterday that criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are running sophisticated investment fraud schemes ...

Industry urged to understand changes to transfer rules

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... funds. Speaking yesterday at the opening session of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess reminded delegates that this year it would become harder for clients (with SMSFs) to ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... their portfolios better. Launched on the eve of the 2013 SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference by both SPAA and Russell Investments, and conducted by research group Core Data, the third annual Intimate with Self-Managed ...

SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... continue auditing SMSFs. "We are communicating with all our members, and will reinforce the message at our national conference next month, the importance of both meeting the new requirements and the deadline as set out by ASIC."

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... investment approaches has many inbuilt limitations. Tony MacKenzie, chief strategist at QIC, told the ASFA national conference last week that contrary to some speculation, funds have been investing according to objectives all the time. Nevertheless ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... to engage, they should first ask what the engagement is meant to achieve. In Australia to attend the ASFA national conference yesterday, Donn Hess, head of product strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management advised delegates that funds need to accept the ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... by subdued sentiment and negative press, a panel of industry experts has said. Speaking at the annual AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast last week, industry heavyweights such as AMP managing director Craig Meller, CommInsure's Tim Browne, the ...

Huge opportunity in untapped business insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... or because they lack the knowledge of how to get into the market," he explained in a masterclass at the AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast. Planners who were confident advising on personal insurance for their clients, he added, almost certainly ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... international equities at BT Funds Management, warned delegates at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference, that dividends could fall foul of headwinds. "Banks can't be ignored because they represent a quarter of the index and ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... according to CommSec's Craig James. Sensing that delegates at the annual Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference had enjoyed the jungle-themed welcome party the previous night a little too much, the chief economist spared his jaded ...