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Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... receives a tax concession on their super contributions, no other changes to the taxation of super will be accepted by the community at large." The LISC contributes up to $500 in superannuation to those earning less than $37,000 a year. The government ...

AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... for both mentors and aspirants. "The AFA is always looking for new ways to increase professionalism within the advice community and will continue to support, educate and develop newer advisers so that they can provide great advice for more Australians," ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... are a mix of good, bad and magnificent. Elaine Prior is a name that needs no introduction in Australia's ESG broking community. Her research into the subject matter can rival the Encyclopedia. If you are stuck in an island and you need to 'phone a friend' ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... their ears. Given the appetite of superannuation funds for investable infrastructure, combined with a desire in the community for better roads and other services, Abbott was not allowed to forget this promise. Nine months later it would seem the PM has ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... executive Pauline Vamos welcomed the news, saying: "There is an alignment between the interests of super funds, the community and governments. Most of the community are members of funds, so when assets are transferred into a fund's hands, they effectively ...

AFA to recognise best adviser and best practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... into account the efforts made by award candidates to improve the financial literacy of their clients, prospects and the community overall. Both awards will be judged by the same panel, comprising Brad Fox and Michael Nowak from the AFA, Rebecca Sheils ...

Industry stalwart Tucker takes stake in Westoz

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... expansion of our product set to provide greater opportunities for access to the wider investment and financial planning community." Tucker added: "Westoz has built an impressive base of performance over a number of years now and I believe there is great ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... is outsourcing the professional regulation and investigation of dodgy business dealings and white collar crime to the community." Read Financial Standard's coverage of the budget here

Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... index-linked funds/swaps, custom index services and index subscriptions to financial institutions and the index user community. Angel spent over four years with UBS Australia Bond Indices and previously was in equities research. She will be joined by ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... believes the increase indicates that sentiment may be turning more cautious in certain pockets of the Australian investor community. "Currently, we are seeing great interest in the BEAR fund, which seems to reveal an undercurrent of nervousness in the ...