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Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... financial literacy in the school curriculum or lowering the company tax rate. From the superannuation sector, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos asked for the winner of the election to "focus on ...

Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) will form a union. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said: "We are heartened by the announcement from the Financial Services Council and ...

Pro bono advice on rise amid regulatory change

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... whole industry. "There has been some interest recently to take a coordinated approach to pro bono advice," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox noted after two weeks of talking to advisers in roadshows across Australia. ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... Instead, the rights went to the state-owned Queensland Motorways Ltd (QML) in an exclusive agreement. Infrastructure Association of Queensland executive director Roger Black said, "We recognise that sometimes unsolicited proposals might represent good ...

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has called on the government to clarify whether the announced but yet-to-be-legislated superannuation reforms will be dropped as part of Labor's promise of a five-year super tax freeze. ASFA chief ...

Advisers warned: take sequencing risk seriously

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... Professor of Finance at Griffith University and partner at Drew, Walk & Co. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference, Professor Drew said that in order to avoid the pitfalls of sequencing risk, advisers ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... figure had gone down to 47%. While this demonstrates a decline, the figure is still too large to be sustainable. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos has advocated a "stick and carrot" approach, rather ...

Best Interest drives advisers away from products

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... product at all," Australian Unity Personal Financial Planning head of financial advice Craig Meldrum said during an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) roadshow in Sydney. Meldrum told the audience that advisers will have to put together "a defensible ...

Connections key to succession planning

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... time to sell a financial planning business, Guardian Advice executive manager Simon Harris said. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) roadshow in Sydney, Harris recommended advisers to have a succession plan ready for their business ...

Qantas Super chief joins ASFA board

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Qantas Superannuation chief executive Jane Perry has been appointed to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) board. Her previous positions include chief executive of J.P. Morgan Treasury and Securities Services Australia and New ...