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SPAA appoints Shirlow to board

SPAA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Macquarie Bank executive director, David Shirlow, as a director of its board. At Macquarie, Shirlow assisted financial advisers with technical support through his ...

Beck appointed to ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia board has appointed Peter Beck, chief executive at Pillar Administration, to its board. Beck replaces Linda Elkins, who left Russell Investments to join Colonial First State. Elkins represented a ...

UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... and demanded they take their role as shareholders far more seriously. Lindsay Tomlinson, chair at the National Association of Pension Funds, said local and international fund managers should publicise how they monitor companies they invest in to improve ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... on financial services and the planning industry on 18 May also in Sydney. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said it's important that advisers hear the policy positions from both major political parties given ...

UK bans commission payments from products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... have real confidence and trust in the advice they are receiving," she said. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said the ruling is similar to what FSR promoted - unbundle the advice and strategy from the product ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... intermediaries in the market evade regulation." Lastly Greg Smith, general counsel, Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado, said "remember where investments come from... every penny lost in the financial crisis hurt a family."

Risk commission debate heats up

RUTH LIEW AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... depending on the entry and onging trail commission mix selected by the adviser. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), rejected the ISN comments as "jaundiced". He argued that ISN should "allow the market to decide" ...

Changes to borrowing brings peace of mind

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... the time the last instalments are paid,' said Bowen. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia, welcomed the announcement. Slattery said SPAA had already lobbied the government for the changes a number of years ...

FOS appoints Belleville to board

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... AAMI. He replaces former board director, Kerrie Kelly, who resigned to take up a role as director-general of the Association of British Insurers. The board of directors has an equal number of industry and consumer representatives. Professor Michael Lavarch ...

Advisers to boost political clout

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... government interaction and policy, and incorporating licensees within the AFA media strategy. The forum, launched by the Association of Financial Advisers, will provide a platform that will also allow advisers and licensees to adopt a cohesive approach ...