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NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... secretariat, having initially worked with the International Monetary Fund's services," Orr said. The IFSWF is a voluntary association of 25 sovereign wealth funds, including Australia's Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Other members include ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... years, so we are happy to wait and see what happens," Forsyth told Financial Standard. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of Technical and Professional Standards Graeme Colley said that the role that SMSFs are playing in ...

AFA unveils Female Excellence in Advice Finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and TAL have unveiled the names of the finalists in the 2013 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award, which recognises female financial advisers who are making a significant contribution to their profession ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... regulator has been "out of control, unprofessional and with very poor performance in just about every area." The Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox acknowledged that recently "ASIC has had to deal with a high level of regulatory ...

AFA names Rising Star finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has revealed the names of the six finalists in the 2013 Rising Star of the Year Award, which recognizes the best new advisers. The six finalists are Kylie George from Harvest Wealth (Financial Wisdom), Ravi ...

AFA Adviser of the Year Finalists revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
The six finalists for the 11th annual Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award have been announced ahead of the October AFA conference. The Awards recognises leadership, advocacy and innovation in the financial services industry ...

Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... a population of Australians better enabled to take control of their financial future." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) assumed that Sinodinos will be responsible for superannuation in his role as Assistant Treasurer and welcomed ...

Industry agrees: SMSFs are not for everyone

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). "The announcement by ASIC today is consistent with SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) objective," SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said. "It's important that investors can choose how to invest ...

ASFA wary about SMSF property schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is calling for mandatory Australian financial services licensing (AFSL) for all persons involved in the sale of investment products and property to self-managed super funds (SMSF). ASFA expressed ...

Telstra Super lures members with SMSF lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... months and 3.5% for six months. Jordan George, technical development and policy manager at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said he did not think offering easier access to term deposits would be enough to dissuade members from ...