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Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... the confusion with the US housing report? The contradiction lies in the fact that only two days ago, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo report showed that its index of US builder confidence rose to 16 in May - the highest level since ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... Reynolds, chief executive at AIST, said the course is different to the federal government funded Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) course, which is designed for all investment professionals, whereas the AIST course is specifically ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... is moving in the right direction. Capital is coming back and credit is loosening. You want proof? The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of US builder confidence rose to 16 in May - the highest level since last September - following ...

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has questioned the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) role in determining how the industry is remunerated. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the AFA, said the FPA's recent announcement that its membership ...

PIS awards top risk adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... clients on the books. Churchill has already won the award in 2005 and 2006 and was also a finalist in last year's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) awards. "It's a great recognition from your peers but I get a lot more personal satisfaction from ...

AFA supports PIS strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has thrown its support behind Professional Investment Services' (PIS) strategy to go head to head against the industry fund anti-commission advertising campaigns. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the AFA ...

Keep co-contributions: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... cut-off. We should be expanding the co-contribution program to increase women's investments." Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics note that the super balance for the average 60 year ...

ATO relays transitional rules concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... provisions may not apply to their circumstances," he said. This warning comes after the last SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference where D'Ascenzo, said the tax office is targeting illegal early access to retirement savings and ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... Where Wall Street sat, it also saw that US homebuilders confidence returning. The Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index rose to 14 in April - the highest since October last year -- from 9 in the previous ...

Asteron adds to sales team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... February, Asteron and Aviva were joint award winners of the 2008 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life.