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Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... confidence in the country's retirement savings system, according to SMSF Association patron Sir Anthony Mason. Addressing delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne, the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia said ...

SMSF Association introduces new accreditation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... in a competitive market," SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said in her opening remarks to conference delegates. "Underpinning this professionalism is our Association's unwavering commitment to education, a commitment that simply reflects ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Australia's glass nearly empty. Or the way Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive Lloyd Blankfein sees us when he told delegates at a Sydney conference back in July last year, "You've now sunk to a level that we're trying to get up to. So, my heart ...

Embrace rising retirement age, says futurist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... not going to die of over-physical work, according to IBISWorld chairman and 'futurist' Phil Ruthven AM. Ruthven told delegates at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference that he envisages a future in which people will work ...

Next super revolution must tackle retirement: Vilgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... could make investment decisions weighing up the price of insurance against the price of growth assets." But she reminded delegates: "There is no free lunch. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There is no magic pudding."

Remove adviser double tax: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... dealer group risk being taxed twice under the current state payroll tax, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) told delegates at its annual conference in Cairns. The AFA will lobby for an exemption for financial advisers to be included in the payroll ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... five years...but good advisers have a queue of clients, there is opportunity there," AFA chief executive Brad Fox told delegates. "We want to be able to sit face to face and belly to belly with our clients." This initiative comes after an internal survey ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... social front and centre at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference with a competition for "best" tweeters. Conference delegates have the chance to win "best tweet of the day" and "best tweet of the conference" by tweeting with the following hashtags ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... all but finalised, the tagline for the conference this year is "Innovate: Think. Create. Act." The AFA expects 800-900 delegates to descend on the Cairns Convention Centre for the four-day conference which runs from 11-14 October. Former Australian Football ...

Financial Standard launches magazine for managed accounts professionals

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... unveiled at Financial Standard's " Best Practice Forum in Managed Accounts" last Tuesday in Sydney, where more than 150 delegates, including the industry's pioneers and trailblazers, were present. "We are proud to offer our readers with a new publication ...