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Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... had not made any final decision on the matter. Meanwhile, Kerry Chikarovski, consultant political adviser at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), previously said the association expects the Coalition to adopt some of the Ripoll report's recommendations. ...

AFA unveils chartered fin practitioners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has named its first eight Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP), an accreditation program that works like a 'mini-MBA' for advisers. In a press statement released this morning, the AFA announced AFA ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... to face its fears anyway. There was again no shortage of bad news overnight. In the United States, the National Association of Home Builders confidence index sank to 14 in July from a 16 in the previous month. This the lowest level since March 2009. ...

Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... misled investors about its safety procedures and strategies when disasters occur. Separately, the UK-based National Association of Pension Funds, which represents more than $1.3 trillion in retirement assets, found most UK pension fund would have an ...

Competition for ASFA awards heats up

FINANCIAL STANDARD WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... Superannuation marketers and communication managers will soon have the chance to go head to head with their peers at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Communications Forum and Awards next week. ASFA will showcase the best examples ...

Planners rank high on client scorecard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... directly are skeptical, research shows. According to research by CoreData-brandmanagement, commissioned by the Association of Financial Advisers, investors gave advisers rating of 7.5 out of 10, ranking them among the top three most trusted people who ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... superannuation industry. The increased demand, albeit from a low base, comes as the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) updates its accreditation program. SPAA recorded the increase in advisers completing the program ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... Jules also has a keen interest in regulation, research and academia," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. Gribble's areas of expertise include defined benefits, unit pricing and related operational ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... MySuper reforms would enable all Australians to have access to low-cost, user-friendly default funds. Meanwhile, the Association of Superannuation Funds in Australia (ASFA) said it would be consulting extensively with members before giving its detailed ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... international competitiveness, increased sovereign risk and cost jobs," said Mitch Hooke, chief executive at MCA. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) has welcomed the compromise deal, as have other superannuation interest groups. Market reaction ...