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Advice bodies at odds over professional standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) present stark differences in opinion over professional standards in their latest submissions to Treasury, suggesting there's a long road ahead for the wavering ...

Last chance to register for the MAX Awards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
The deadline is fast approaching to register for attendance at the MAX Awards. The MAX Awards recognise achievers and innovators in marketing, advertising and sales excellence across the investment management, superannuation, insurance and financial ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Veteran economist Dr Don Stammer has stepped down from his non-executive director and chairman duties at listed investment company QV Equities. QV Equities, the listed investment company managed by Investors Mutual, said in a statement that after celebrating ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... investment institutions and consumers. With the US Congress set to rise in July so the parties can attend their presidential nomination conventions, political commentators believe it is unlikely the matter will be resolved during President Obama's te ...

Federation Alliance launches Federation Super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Federation Alliance has launched Federation Super, which will join Federation Managed Accounts on the company's platform offering. Federation Alliance is serviced by Australian Unity, a provider of national healthcare, financial services and retirement ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is now taking nominations for its annual Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. In its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award recognises an individual who is excelling in the delivery ...

All super funds should have independent chair: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... expertise and that tenure of board appointments should be more secure. Dr Donald noted some boards struggled to manage the nomination process as the nominating bodies would not necessarily consult about, or consider, the skill requirements of the board. ...

Nominations open for 2016 MAX Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... awarding of the following: Marketer of the Year, Executive of the Year - Sales and Innovation of the Year. Details on the nomination can be found here and the deadline for nominations is April 18. Eligible campaigns are those ran between March last year ...

Statewide chair collects AIST Trustee of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... representative trustees play in Australia's $2 trillion superannuation industry. The AIST considers several criteria for each nomination, including: the degree of personal commitment by the nominee; elements of personal sacrifice to enhance the fund's ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Superannuation funds have been ramping financial advice services but they are not likely to enter the underdeveloped estate planning market in the near future. This is the view of advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney which recently began its own estate ...