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Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... 580,000 units. Housing starts are now 21.1 per cent higher than last year. More good news on housing. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo activity index rose to 17 in February from 15 the previous month - also higher than the expected ...

Women on top of SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... women participation count," said Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia. However, when it comes to account balances, women are still falling behind due to interrupted work periods and the ...

Taggart receives OAM

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Jim Taggart, national president at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), has been awarded an Order of Australia medal. Taggart received the honour for his work in charitable, community and sporting organisations in Baulkham Hills. According to ...

AFA doubles in four years

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has doubled its membership in four years, growing its ranks by more than 25 per cent this year. Jim Taggart, national president at the AFA, said the association has reacted to member calls for representation ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... class falling 22 per cent to 42 per cent in a year. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said the demand for financial advisers specialising in SMSFs had risen significantly. SPAA runs a course ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... detected and stopped, according to one industry body. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), said while the superannuation administration system is robust, it could be improved to make it much harder ...

Africa's PIC appoints Charles River

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... have a common technology for modeling money market portfolios against local indices -including the Bond Exchange Association of South Africa All Bond Index (ALBI) and short-term fixed interest benchmarks (STeFI)." Public Investment Corporation Limited ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... buying on a range of factors including a weaker US dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers. A National Association of Realtors' report showing a big jump in October home sales revived investor optimism after disappointing data on the housing ...

AFA calls for more consultation on education

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) education consultation paper includes some "good ideas" and called for a truly consultative approach to developing education standards. Richard ...

Remuneration dilemma

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... irrelevant because all forms of remuneration present a conflict of interest. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) National Conference in Melbourne in a panel discussion, Vamos said she previously worked as a life insurance ...