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How much your advice business will be worth in 2023

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... a multiple of 0.75 times the revenue in five years, down from the two or 2.5 that they are selling for currently," Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) chair Adrian Raftery said - a former financial planner and who works ...

Industry body rejects ABA banking code

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Australian Banking Association chief executive Anna Bligh's call for mutual banks, credit unions and building societies to adopt the ABA's new banking code of practice has been labelled "gratuitous" by an industry body which says a better code of practice ...

New code should apply to all: ABA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
The Australian Banking Association (ABA) believes the new Banking Code of Practice standards should be adopted across the entire industry, including banks that are not ABA members. According to the association, the standards between credit unions, buildings ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... signal a willingness within the Government to also reconsider the extent of the 2017 pension asset test changes. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) also weighed in, saying it too welcomed the policy change. ASFA chief executive ...

Increasing trust not up to APRA: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... responsibility for the financial services industry, not the prudential regulator. Speaking at the Annual Risk Management Association CRO conference in Sydney this week, APRA chairman Wayne Byres said the Royal Commission brought many well-known industry ...

Philanthropic forces shift asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... per year that can go into improving social and environmental issues." Citing data from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, Miller said PAFs, community foundations and high-net-worth family offices reported contributions of $43 million ...

SMSFA questions three-year audits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
The SMSF Association has cast doubts over the proposed three-year audit cycle for some self-managed super funds, stating the change may "undermine" the integrity of the sector. SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said the shift to three-year audits would ...

Adviser, Practice of the Year finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
The 2018 finalists for the Association of Financial Advisers' most coveted accolades have been announced. In partnership with Zurich, the AFA has announced the three finalists for the 2018 Adviser of the Year Award. This year, Capital Focused's ...

Custodians oversee heightened domestic equity trades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... 80,000 transactions per day for institutional investors. Latest statistics from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) show increasing trends in domestic equity transactions continued during the six months to 30 June 2018. ACSA said more ...

Industry fund appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... TransTrain until its closure earlier this year. She is also currently an executive director with the Tasmanian Transport Association, chair of the Tasmanian Transport and Logistics Workforce Advisory Group, and director of Transport Women Australia. ...