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Fees drive super switchers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
A new survey from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stated the majority of people who switch funds do so due to brand power and fees. The survey, titled 'Super Decisions: Communicating with Customers and Effective Disclosure' ...

Investors better off without legacy

... savings of between $120 million to as much as $350 million through lower staff costs, IT maintenance and compliance costs. IFSA has taken the government's proposal one step further by recommending that all financial products such as managed investment ...

AMP names new chief

... Literacy Foundation and currently the chairman and board member of the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA). From mid-October until end of December, Dunn will work with Mohl in an interim role as chief operating officer. AMP is ...

New PDS cuts to the chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... find the information they really want to know," he said. In early August the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) found 10 per cent of super fund members failed to read the PDS statement.

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... Development, Simon Crean, has announced the Labor party's support for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) May discussion paper on exporting Australia's financial services. Speaking at an IFSA lunch, Crean said Labor would be "carefully ...

Shorter PDSs are go

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... wider reform package, the industry welcomed the regulations at the time, with Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer Richard Gilbert calling it "a sound package". Allan Kenny, general manager of product and investment ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... Angela Keane have been awarded the coveted Industry Excellence awards from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). Kerr, who is head of claims at Asteron Life Limited, received his award for his work in focusing on under-insurance and ...

Labour calls for fin services tax reforms

... help Australia become the centre of funds management in Asia. Speaking at the Investment & Financial Services Association's (IFSA) annual conference this year, Bowen said they would refer their proposals of a new managed investments tax regime to the ...

Never mind the length, look at the readability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
... their PDS's, according to new research conducted by Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). In the research, investors who had recently switched funds were surveyed for their reasons for doing so, as was the perceived ...

Industry groups get smart

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have updated their consumer financial literacy guide - Smarter Super - Invest in your future and make the most of your ...