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FPA appoints deputy chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed Matthew Rowe, managing director at Hood Sweeney, as deputy chair of the association's board. Rowe, a member of the FPA board since last year, takes over the role from Mark Spiers, general ...

Aussies follow Brits pushing advice aside

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... planning community to promote the importance of seeking professional advice. "As a member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia we've been working to build consumer confidence through campaigns such as the recent Value of Advice campaign. ...

Super funds should own fund managers: Gray

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... stakes in their businesses. The end result is an alignment of interest and business objectives, he argued at a Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia lunch last week. "Funds should own the managers [they hire]... that's the only way you'll ...

AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

Six financial advisers from across the country have been selected as finalists of the seventh Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award. The award will go to the adviser that gets the highest score in seven key areas, including ...

CFA appoints Gunasingham as president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... president. The president and vice president of CFAS serve a two-year tenure as the representatives of the society; an association of more than 900 local investment professionals engaged in a wide variety of roles, including portfolio management, security ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will get a chance to discuss the Ripoll Inquiry with the man behind the inquiry himself, after Bernie Ripoll, chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, agreed ...

IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... fund expert. Following a consultation process that involved a number of associations including South African-based Association of Savings & Investment SA and UK-based Thames River Capital L.L.P the report was amended to deal with a number of lingering ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

Fundies split on Hatoyama effect

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... stocks are divided on how the new government will affect their investments and the local economy, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). The UK-based AIC canvassed the opinion of Japan equities fund managers before the election results ...

FPA 2009 Value of Advice Awards

FPA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Planners have only until the end of next week to submit their entries to the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) 2009 Value of Advice Awards. The VOA Awards recognise FPA members who demonstrate 'best practice' financial advice for their ...