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Industry groups ecstatic over red tape rationalisation proposals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... first, ask questions later' mindset." Richard Gilbert, chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), said, "These reform recommendations are overwhelmingly positive, necessary and welcome." Even the Financial Planning Association ...

Industry backs tax cut recommendation

... political, investment and infrastructure issues to carry it forward," he said. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) CEO, Richard Gilbert, has also put his weight behind the recommendations, calling them a "major step" in prompting ...

Five out of six Australians lack income protection: CommInsure

... to the fact that less than 75 per cent of those surveyed have gone to a financial planner. A separate survey, conducted by IFSA/Investment Trends, has shown that there is a higher proportion of insurance cover among investors who have a financial planner ...

FPA appoints new CEO

... Kerrie Kelly who departed on 3 March. Jo-Anne Bloch, formerly deputy CEO of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) from 2002-04 and most recently principal of Mercer HR Services in the UK, will take on the position as of 12 June. FPA ...

IFSA to pressure Government for super tax breaks

IFSA will renew the push for the Government to cut front-end superannuation tax, saying such incentives would stem the current retirement savings gap of $452 billion to less than half of its current size. IFSA's Richard Gilbert said high on the agenda ...

Industry and retail fund bickering needs to stop: Planners

... industry and retail funds need to stop bickering and instead serve consumers as a homogeneous front. On the same day that IFSA released research revealing that the nation's retirement savings still fall short by a mammoth $452 billion, or $93,000 per ...

IFSA/Deloitte launch Future Leaders Award

Wealth management peak body IFSA and accounting giant Deloitte have banded together to launch the inaugural Future Leaders Award, in hopes of discovering fresh talent who will help address the financial services industry's burning issues. In an industry ...

Government moves to dampen super tax cut heat

... groups, such as the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). IFSA CEO, Richard Gilbert, said Minchin's comments were timely and cut right to the heart of the superannuation savings ...

IFSA CEO pushes for IFRS changes

IFSA CEO, Richard Gilbert, has played an important role in paving the way for potential changes to the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), reported in the Financial Standard yesterday. The Financial Standard reported on plans to ...

FSR changes usher era of less but better compliance

... "The Government has accepted the arguments put to it by Macquarie and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and has amended a provision of the legislation that made the lives of advisers and investors unnecessarily difficult," said ...