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Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... of his services to the superannuation industry and the broader community. In his career, Dwyer is a director for Association of Super Funds of Australia and chair for Professional Accreditation Review Committee. He was also founding chairman of Fund ...

Advisers and super key to underinsurance: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... super and advice industries can work together against underinsurance. In the third tranche of research from the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), 'Risking Everything', conducted by researcher CoreData and sponsored by AIA Insurance, 703 individuals ...

Shorten ups Trio super levy to $750,000

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... pay the maximum levy of $750,000 while funds with assets below $371,195 will pay the minimum levy of $50." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have come out in support ...

Advisers to decide opt in: AusFIN

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... rid of ongoing fees, it is in their hands," Mack told the Financial Standard. Richard Klipin, chief executive, Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said the adviser group welcomes this pragmatic stance from AusFIN but dropping fees is not a viable ...

New talent celebrated with AFA award

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for its 2011 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award. The AFA's Rising star of the Year Award (Award) is designed to celebrate the talented newcomers in the world of financial advice. Established ...

Shorten responds to bias accusations

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... FOFA reforms are an industry funds puppet, with a spokesman labelling the claims as "a bit rich". Yesterday the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) claimed the industry superannuation funds were behind the FOFA reforms, were formulating policy and ...

Proposed tough planner rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... to a million dollars and lifetime bans for breaches of new regulations. In response to the proposed changes, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has come forward in strong force against the action, calling it the work of industry super funds ...

Dark pools attract larger trades and ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... allow for larger trade sizes to appeal to a wider range of participants. However, in an address at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia Conference on May 26, ASIC commissioner, Shane Tregillis, compared dark pools to a pulp fiction, hearing the ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... potential pitfalls for planners, said Graeme Colley, director and chair of the Regulatory Committee, SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). "The role of the financial planner and SMSF trustee is to review the fund's trust deed to ensure ...

Super insurance simplified for funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... association was pleased to see the Government had listened to the industry. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, also welcomed the move and said her organisation had consistently raised the issue of ...