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GESB chief re-elected to ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
GESB chief executive, Michele Dolin, has been re-elected director of the Public Sector Fund within the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) board. ASFA is a not for profit, non political aligned organisation for trustees, super funds ...

Rising Star calls for home loan tax relief

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Association of Financial Advisers 2007 Rising Star winner Chris Browne has suggested Australia could end its Gen X and Y housing affordability problems by extending tax deductions on margin loans to home loans. He said while the idea was not a new one ...

A case for active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... according to Peter Gunning, chief investment officer for Asia Pacific at Russell Investment Group. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Fund's Australia Limited (ASFA) conference last week, Gunning said active equity managers with a long-term ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... breaching the sole purpose test, according to Industry Super Network executive manager David Whiteley. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Conference on the Gold Coast, Whiteley said while holistic advice was ideal ...

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Soft compulsion, increased advice and standardised investment options would be the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ...

ASFA elects new board members

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has elected Russel Mason and Nicolette Rubinsztein to its board of directors, following the departure of David Holston and Brian Bissaker. Mason is a worldwide partner with Mercer, while Rubinsztein ...

Super veterans accept Industry Service Awards

... Australian Tax Office. Besides his role at ING, he is also the chairman of the Self-Managed Super Funds Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), which represents the market's fastest growing sub-sector. Advocating financial literacy, Colley has ...

FPA offers free advice to farmers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... farmers and companies have the opportunity to receive free financial planning advice through the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) program being trialled in the southwest NSW region of Sunraysia. The FPA approached the minister for agriculture ...

AFA sharpens technical skills

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has booked 26 per cent more delegates this year than last year for its upcoming event, the AFA National Conference, with the three-day event focusing on hands on, practical ideas for advisers and the technical ...

FuturePlus appoints new chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
FuturePlus has appointed the vice president of the Local Government Association of NSW and mayor of Blacktown, Leo Kelly, to chairman. The appointment is part of FuturePlus' rotation policy between its two major shareholders, the Local Government Super ...