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AFA makes board and exec changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers has made a number of changes to its board and senior executive following a recent meeting. Brad Fox, recently appointed as AFA chief executive, has resigned from the position of AFA Treasurer to take up the role ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a document, due for public release shortly, expressing its concerns over the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on conflicted remuneration. The AFA already ...

Superpartners CEO joins ASFA board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Representative group The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia today said that Superpartners chief executive Peter McNeil would join its board. McNeil has agreed to fill the vacancy for a service provider representative left by Peter Beck ...

AFA ramps up membership campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) hopes to attract at least 1,000 more new members by the end of 2013, AFA CEO Brad Fox told Financial Standard. The organisation has just registered a record on new memberships in a roadshow after 151 financial ...

AFA mulls fresh approach to FOFA code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is still looking for a practical approach to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Code of Conduct requirement, AFA newly appointed CEO Brad Fox said. "The first opt-in obligation does not kick in until July ...

SMSFs warned over incapacity planning

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... becoming incapacitated are ignored, a leading lawyer has warned. Speaking last week at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, Bryce Figot, director, DBA Lawyers warned that often people do not think about this risk ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... impact investors either saving for or currently in retirement. The Self Managed Superannuation Funds Professional's Association of Australia (SPAA) asked its members yesterday to stand against the changes to superannuation that are being discussed for ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... have done better though, and of course, they are also cheaper," Westaway told delegates at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Melbourne. "Don't overweight your portfolios as if you know - stay diversified and stay the ...

Some auditors won't be counted

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... be rejected, warned the boss of Australia's corporate regulator. Speaking yesterday at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) annual conference in Melbourne, Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) boss Greg Tanzer said ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... Bloomberg." (Bloomberg). Investors remain rationally exuberant - they're not overly bullish...yet. The latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) investor sentiment survey, dated 13 February 2013, showed that only 42.3% of investors were ...