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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 ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... find it... a rationale for why the market is about to pop sometime soon. You want numbers with that? The American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) latest sentiment survey gives us the numbers. Its survey for the week ending 18 June 2014 - ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... in the current law make it "almost impossible to imagine that large financial scandals could happen again." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said that "the catch-all phrase did not add to consumer protection, it merely ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... through the Mercer Retirement Readiness Index. The index compares the member's projected retirement income with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Comfortable Retirement Standard, currently $57,665 per annum for a retired Australian ...

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said ...

Senate report supportive of government FoFA reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... reforms which rests now with the Coalition government and Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann," Rantall said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operating officer Phil Anderson also welcomed the document and said he remains optimistic ...

AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its 2014/15 mentoring program, an annual initiative aimed at promoting professional standards and giving advice to young advisers. AFA GenXt National chair Fraser Jack said the mentoring program ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... approval of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have begun to lobby the senators, ahead of the Senate Economics Committee presentation of the report ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... including Townsville and Gladstone Ports, two electricity generation assets, and a water distribution network. Both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and AMP Capital issued statements immediately after the Newman government's ...

AFA to recognise best adviser and best practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has divided the traditional Adviser of the Year Award into two and will now recognise the best individual adviser and the best advice practice. "The original Adviser of the Year Award was established by the ...