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VicSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment process. The fund won a number of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) annual Sustainability Reporting Awards in August including Best Sustainability ...

FPA names Value of Advice winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... Craggs from Argurion Financial Group have won the FPA's Value of Advice Awards. Wilson won the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) Value of Advice Award in the wealth accumulation and protection category. The Victorian-based financial ...

Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... towards their clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) National Conference, Hockey said it should be up to financial planners to decide which form of payment they ...

Faith in fee for service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... making the "mental shift" to charging fees upfront, said a panel of experts. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) National Conference in Melbourne, Rhonda McKenzie, financial planner at Planning for Life, said one of the ...

Howes appointed CEO of IAA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... as chief executive. Howes joins the Institute from her role as director of policy and industry practice at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, which followed four years at Alea Actuarial Consulting, an independent firm that provides ...

FPA calls for whistleblowers and more planner education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has set up a whistleblowing service and has flagged tougher educational requirements for people who want to become financial planners. Julie Berry, chair at FPA, said the FPA Confidential is an online ...

Planners should be fiduciaries: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... fiduciaries is a significant extension over previous positions argued by adviser professional groups such as the Association of Financial Advisers of Australia (AFA) who have lobbied for advisers to have special responsibilities and for the term 'adviser' ...

Cbus hires government strategist

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... Industry Super Network (ISN), Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA). Cbus is the industry super fund for the construction, building and allied industries. ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... keeping the family home and their work, new research by ASFA shows. Recent findings from Auspoll commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, found Australians ranked worrying about their retirement money second only to funding ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Financial Planning Association in July warning that the plan could place superannuation savings at risk, and the Association of Financial Advisers stating that it's product selling by another name.