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Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... management fees are charged, whether it is an asset or percentage based arrangement. He told the audience at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia lunch yesterday that the review will look carefully at the structures of these fees, whether ...

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... most starkly evident in terms of an unlevel playing field in the areas of advice," said Jo-Anne Bloch said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos said the moves by both IFSA and the FPA to phase out traditional ...

IFSA launches superannuation Charter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... pressure on the Financial Planning Association's 2012 deadline to move away from commissions and further isolates the Association of Financial Advisers which has called for commissions to be allowed to continue. "Under the new regime consumers will be ...

Admin savings for temporary residents

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... announcement to measure their super in a way that will reduce admin costs. According to a media statement by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the move will see funds no longer have to provide exit statements to temporary resident ...

Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... preliminary report of the Henry Tax Review, warned a key industry association. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, told the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that there was an "enormous job for the industry ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... agreeing that the America's recession would be all over by the third quarter of 2009. Not enough? Read the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) report that showed US existing home sales rose by 2.9 per cent in April to a greater-than-expected annualised ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) highlights the importance of strong leadership skills at this year's conference, with keynote speakers including Darren Flanagan, the man behind the Beaconsfield mine rescue and Peter Baines, who helped lead ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... under the consumer code and must follow national standardised rules. But Taggart, who is also the president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), stressed that the decision to develop the product happened well before the fee-for-service debate ...

AFA calls for Rising Star in advice

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling for nominations for the 2009 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award, an annual award that goes to the best up-and-coming professional in the advice industry. Richard Klipin, the association's chief executive ...

Debate advice, not advisers: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... "If you want bespoke high end financial advice you have to pay for it," Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), told a packed house at the AFA's Melbourne luncheon yesterday. Klipin's views were reinforced by Senator ...