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Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... reading of 94. To be sure, the continued improvement in Uncle Sam's fortunes is also helping. The latest update from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index is the latest addition to these auspicious indicators. US consumer confidence jumped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Bank of Australia Head of Financial Stability Department Luci Ellis is to give a speech to the Australian Mortgage Conference, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its Average Weekly Time Earnings (AWOTE) for three months to November. In ...

Shorten locks down accountant timeline

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... plans to raise contribution caps. Speaking at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) national conference on Friday, Minister Shorten said new legislation on advice accountants can provide to SMSFs and the auditors registration ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... AustralianSuper spoke during a panel session about the impact of a super funds size at the Investment Administration Conference in Sydney. "We are growing and will continue to grow because we can continue to deliver better outcomes for our members and ...

Cavendish MD named SPAA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) announced the appointment of Hamilton today. The association's national conference is currently underway in Sydney. Hamilton said he would use his time in the role to help SPAA drive improvements in the ...

SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has announced the winners of its 2011 awards series at its national conference held in Sydney. The Chairman's award for most outstanding contribution by a member to SPAA and the SMSF sector went to Cameron ...

Video SoAs on the cards

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... advisers with the introduction of social media strategies to daily advice operations, discussed at the national SPAA conference yesterday. The introduction of scaled advice will be an enormous opportunity for advisers, according to Aaron Dunn, managing ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... parties on the implementation of the programme. "Against this background, I have decided to convene ministers to a conference call tomorrow in order to discuss the outstanding issues and prepare the ordinary meeting of the Eurogroup on Monday, 20th February ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
OnePath's head of technical sales strategy Andrew Lowe will cover the position of national technical manager Graeme Colley following his departure, the company has told Financial Standard. Colley is leaving OnePath after more than 10 years to take up ...

FSP reviews group terms, eyes recruits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... The adviser group has been working on new dealer group terms that will be officially launched at the group's February conference, a move which the dealer group said will provide a competitive recruitment advantage in 2012. "Just as it is essential for ...