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Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... industry's future, said Chris Bowen, the minister for financial services and superannuation. Addressing planners at the FPA conference this morning, Minister Bowen commended the FPA on its decision to move away from commission-based fees for financial ...

FPA calls for whistleblowers and more planner education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... FPA members and the community will be able to access FPA Confidential portal on the association's website after the conference concludes. "We can't act on rumours but we can act on evidence and information," said Berry. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... (financial markets) Guy Debelle is to deliver a speech, "Whither Securitisation?" to the Australian Securitisation Conference. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Indexes of Economic Activity for September. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... for their exceptional service to the industry. Russell Mason from Mercer will be the chair of the 2010 ASFA National Conference Committee. Next year's conference will be held in Adelaide from 10-12 November 2010, under the theme "Spring into Action". ...

Seven signs of the end of an empire

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... truly shifted to the BRIC economies. David Thomas, co-founder and director at BRIC+Program and speaker at the ASFA conference last week, drew parallels between the US' economic dominance and that of the Britiss in the 1800s and early 1900s. He also quoted ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... as the government cracks down on the sector's accountability, efficiency and governance issues. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Minister Bowen said SMSFs "cannot consider itself exempt from the types of accountability, efficiency and governance" ...

Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... liquidity risk management for many super funds, said Howard Rosario, chief executive of Westscheme. Speaking at the ASFA conference today, Rosario said the pressure is mounting on trustees to manage liquidity risk - and there are more issues to think ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ASFA conference audience yesterday that one of the supply side challenges super funds are facing is intra-fund adviser recruitment and retention. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... quarter review, SP AusNet releases interim results, and Cochlear Ltd chief executive Chris Roberts is to speak at a conference in Sydney. Annual general meetings are due for Lend Lease Corp Ltd, BlueScope Ltd, Slater and Gordon Ltd, Abacus Property Group ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their existing portfolios today. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Marshman made the bold statement to drive home his key message: the primary role of trustees is to acutely ...