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Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... securities. Dropping the changes effectively adopts recommendations made by the opposition. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), which has been urging the government to scrap the proposed legislation on the grounds that it unfairly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... release its first half results. Origin Energy managing director Grant King is among the speakers at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia annual conference in Sydney. The local market closed at a six-week low on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... 8, 2013, and Treasury received 33 submissions, including those of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The FPA was concerned about the short ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... national pool of superannuation savings by over half a trillion dollars by 2037," Shorten added. Meanwhile, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the passing of the bill into the House of Representatives; however, AFA chief executive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... executive Richard Goyder and ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper are among the speakers at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia annual conference in Sydney. The local market closed flat on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index edging ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... against people calling themselves "financial planners" irrespective of their training, competence, or licensing. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the enshrinement. "This piece of legislation has been reviewed by the Parliamentary ...

Planners must advise people, not portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... that they servicing not just portfolios, but people, trusted advisers say in new research. The research by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) shows that interpersonal skills are highly prized by their clients. "Clients don't care about what ...

MFAA offers new SMSF training programs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) will launch three new self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) training programs for credit advisers. The programs aim to improve participants' understanding of their role in setting up Limited Recourse ...

APRA delays collection of super reporting form

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... for the first quarter of 2013-2014, but it has delayed it to October 28, 2014. APRA made the decision after the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Financial Services ...

No scale effect in US endowment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... returns revealed that investment scale is not a strong factor for determining investment outcomes. The 2012 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and Commonfund Institute's Study of Endowments analysed the returns ...