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Financial Planners want level playing field on commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... would be an inconsistent application of the law to create a differentiation between advice givers. The Stockbrokers Association of Australia has reportedly asked Treasury to excuse them from being banned from accepting the fees on the grounds that it ...

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... Australian Services Union and two will be elected. On the employer side, one will be nominated by the Municipal Association of Victoria, one by the water industry and two will be elected. The ninth member will be an independent director, initially Andrew ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... economics news scheduled on Wednesday. In equities news, Village Roadshow Ltd holds a general meeting, and the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) heads into day two of its three-day convention in Perth. On Tuesday, the Australian ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Financial Advice reforms, answering questions but firmly rejecting criticisms. The tension was palpable at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) luncheon in Sydney yesterday, with advisers reminded to be polite in their questions. Emotions have ...

Du Pre-Alba jumps from ASFA to AustSuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is seeking a new, senior policy specialist following the appointment of their director of policy, Louise Du Pre-Alba, to AustralianSuper. Du Pre-Alba is leaving ASFA following the conclusion ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Tinto Ltd chief executive Tom Albanese addresses an Australian Institute of Company Directors' luncheon, and the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) opens its three-day convention, with addresses by Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott ...

AFA meets Independents, Greens, Shorten adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has met with the key independent MPs, the Greens and the adviser to the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, to discuss reforms for the advice industry. Chief executive of the ...

Super heavyweights join forces

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... Treasury a proposal to remove plans to introduce the proposed $500,000 balance threshold for individuals over age 50. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Self-managed Super Fund Association of Australia (SPAA) and the Financial Services ...

Guardian join AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Financial Planning has joined the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Licensee Partnership Program, adding to its 7,000 adviser base. Guardian has around 150 authorised representatives with more than 130,000 clients ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... November - from plus 11.9 in May. Readings below zero signal a contraction in the (New York) state. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder confidence index declined by 3 points - the biggest drop in a year -- to 13 in June - the ...