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Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... including on insurance regardless of whether they are being paid a commission. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers told Financial Standard, that advisers were just reacting in anger, and would still continue to act ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), TOWER Australia and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management launched its inaugural AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings ...

Voluntary top-up contribs not enough: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... viable solution for improving retirement income standards being an increase in compulsory contributions, said the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA). "Despite significant tax incentives for making voluntary superannuation contributions, only ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... in an orderly fashion, which assists fund members," Minister Shorten said. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the industry was very pleased with the decision. "For a number of funds, it is the ...

Advisers sacked, fees halved in "doom" scenario

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... quarter of financial advisers would be wiped from the industry and fee revenue halved by 2024 is alarmist, the Association of Financial Advisers said today. The report by research house Rice Warner Actuaries stated the figures in an analysis of the impact ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Shorten on a range of issues including raising the superannuation guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the industry needed to take a strategic approach to achieve its goal of raising ...

Super funds praise reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... in its information pack that the reform will create a level playing field. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said she was pleased to see the legal recognition of scaled advice. "It enables more independent ...

FOFA leaves consumers in the cold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... the government failing to address the key issues with the latest announcement of FOFA reforms, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). AFA's chief executive officer Richard Klipin, believes that the execution of FOFA reforms will promote ...

Clients want commissions - AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Financial planning clients want commissions to remain on life insurance products, according to research by the Association of Financial Advisers. The AFA research, conducted by CoreData and sponsored by AIA Australia, surveyed corporate super and life ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... use in engagement and dialogue with investee companies," said Joanne Segars, chief executive of the UK's National Association of Pension Funds. Australia is rated 15th in the world according to FTSE4Good ESG ratings with an over all score of 2.93, marginally ...