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CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... future. "This has the potential to change the way advisers have their day-to-day conversations with clients," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said. Advisers should be open about their value proposition and not enter ...

ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... commissions on general advice." "The execution-only provisions do not re-introduce commissions," he added. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) called ISA's assessment "inaccurate and misleading." "It is an absolute fallacy that commissions and ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... get a better outcome," Frankish said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for improved access for self-directed investors. It argues such a relationship would be mutually ...

ASFA calls for lifetime contribution caps

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for lifetime cap to non-concessional superannuation contributions for those with balances over $2.5 million. The recommendation is published in a report which analyses the impact ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,466. The US' National Association of Realtors said the pending home sales index jumped 6.1 per cent in May to 103.9, the first time the index has topped 100 ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... position - validated by the Australian Senate in its milestone findings today." Speaking to Financial Standard, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said that "the report has identified some advice procedures that are ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Bragg's comments would appear also to apply to the BT and ANZ ads. BT and ANZ are both members of the FSC. The Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox said the ASIC ruling demonstrated that ISA could not be trusted in its position ...

Young adviser wins first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded a young financial adviser the inaugural Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Dixon Advisory financial planner Erin Shields took out the award for being the highest achieving student in last ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... refrain (we continue to hear from central bankers) from Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda san. He told the Japan Association of Corporate Executives that the BOJ will continue to "pursue monetary policy management on its own accord to achieve the price ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... basis points would be a worthwhile major microeconomic reform worth pursuing. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said people using superannuation funds as wealth accumulation vehicles containing ...