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Women less prepared for retirement: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... despite 69% acknowledging superannuation is crucial for their financial future. BT further outlined the problem, citing Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) findings which demonstrate the retirement savings of women are about 40% less ...

Government to increase SMSF member limit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... the maximum number of self-managed superannuation fund members from four to six - a proposal welcomed by the SMSF Association. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the change will allow for greater flexibility given the strong growth ...

Sixty per cent of FPA members hold degree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Responses to a Financial Planning Association of Australia questionnaire indicate the education levels of its members compare favourably to the planning industry overall. After 3200 members responded in the fortnight since the FPA issued its questionnaire ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... negotiating the outcomes of enforceable undertakings with financial advice licensees. At the SMSF Expo in Melbourne, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "I don't want to go into detail about an inquiry that is proceeding, except to say ...

ROYAL COMMISSION: Our top stories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Maxwell. McKenna sought financial advice from Henderson in late- 2016, having come across Henderson's name as the 2016 Association of Financial Advisers' Practice of the Year winner. She said she was also motivated by the fact that she had regularly ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers decided to retain two financial advisers as members despite them receiving official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... self-managed superannuation fund which he sold in 2017 following a complaint by a former client to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. "When they floated, I was offered shares in the company, which I took up. It did come up in the FPA complaint ...

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... advisers in Australia. In compiling this list, Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... financial advice and the lack of urgency in resolving complaints. The Commission recommenced with Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori facing questions regarding high-profile member Sam Henderson's questionable ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Maxwell. McKenna sought financial advice from Henderson in late- 2016, having come across Henderson's name as the 2016 Association of Financial Advisers' Practice of the Year winner. She said she was also motivated by the fact that she had regularly ...