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Planners welcome comms ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... services, that the higher value clients subsidise the lower value ones," said Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers. "But in a [post commission] world advisers won't be able to do so." This is where intra-fund advice ...

AFA airs planner worries on fin reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... the future of small to medium size Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs). Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said the association has met in Canberra last week with members of Treasury, the minister for financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Sydney. Coal Tech 2010 begins in Brisbane, and the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies Convention 2010 begins in Perth. On Monday, the Australian share market closed moderately ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... in five executives are dissatisfied with their current jobs. According to the latest quarterly survey from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the Asia Pacific region (including Australia) enjoyed the highest year-on-year increase ...

APRA contacts funds on rollover fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... different postal addresses and requests where two trustee names are listed in one document. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is well aware of this issue and has already recommended that a number of administration processes could ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... way that does not involve special concessions from the tax system." Sharyn Long, chair at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said the government should be wary of defining exotic investments. "We're concerned about the detail on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Guy Debelle is scheduled to deliver a speech at a Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia breakfast seminar. In companies news, Aristocrat Leisure holds its annual general meeting. Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) do not expect many of their members to exit the industry as a result of the government's financial advice reforms. Deen Sanders, acting chief executive at the FPA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... economies such as Portugal may also need to be bailed out. Investors sent homebuilder stocks higher after the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes rose 6.8 per cent last month after falling 0.8 per cent in February. Sales of ...

Hockey calls for FSR review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... vows to review the Financial Services Reform (FSR) should the Coalition win the next election. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) forum this month, Hockey said the FSR legislation was not implemented properly. "I want to see a review ...