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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... Street closed higher after recovering from a flat position on a mixed day in terms of economic data. The National Association of Realtors' reported an unexpected drop in pending home sales. Its index of home sales agreements fell 7.6 per cent in January ...

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... super fund, they should consider the tax implications for the super fund." Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said this is an example of the super industry embracing after-tax benchmarking. ...

Planners can fix their poor public image

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... they contribute to the community and deliver a consistent public message. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said planners should recognise that their collective reputations have been damaged by the investment ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in association with Plan for Life, has announced the winners of this year's AFA/Plan for Life 2009 Life Company of the Year Awards. It was certainly the year for CommInsure, which took not just the Platinum ...

Berends joins QSuper investment committee

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... chair of the Investment Management Consultants Association. She recently resigned her position on the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) after serving on the board for twelve years, including three years as chair. In recognition ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... recognised at last night's SPAA awards. Brisbane-based, Mason Cox, received the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Best Practice Award. Mason Cox was recognised for excellence in providing strategic advice concerning ...

KPMG sounds alarm on admin fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... notice, to minimise the risk of fraud, according to KPMG. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), Gary Gill, partner at KPMG, said the number of fraud cases over $100,000 had risen in the six months to ...

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... said they won't be adopting a 'cane toad' solution to the industry's flaws. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne today, Cooper said the review had not come to any final recommendations on SMSFs just ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... lodged their returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne yesterday, D'Ascenzo said the timing of SMSF lodgements was a major concern three ...

Limited advice from accountants face hurdles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... advice on superannuation could be impractical. Speaking yesterday at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne to a crowd of almost 1,000 attendees, D'Aloisio said a limited advice licence for ...