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Banking inquiry cost better spent on ASIC: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... The money needed to hold a royal commission into banking would be better spent on supporting ASIC, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, AFA chief executive officer Brad Fox said there were ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... big bank behaviour like losing market share to smaller competitors would, according to the Customer Owned Banking Association. COBA chief executive Mark Degotardi argued in a statement that while penalties for past misconduct may deliver justice to victims ...

Is tapping into super to pay off student debt a good idea?

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... disposable income by $2,038 and substantially alleviate financial pressures that young families may be experiencing. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has hit back at the idea which has resurfaced in an article in the Australian ...

Former AFA director joins myonlineadvisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Myonlineadvisers has partnered with former director and national GenXT chair of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Fraser Jack, in a move to expand the boutique licensee. Partnering with founder James Sutherland, Jack will work nationally ...

AIOFP retains industry super consultant

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals has retained Barbara Ryland Consulting to manage the financial advice solutions that it will offer industry superannuation funds. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston said the reappointment ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
An association for corporate superannuation advisory businesses has labeled the Financial System Inquiry's definition of super's objective as impersonal and believes it should be more meaningful to working Australians. Workplace Super Specialists Australia ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... voice in the debate is speaking purely from the consumer perspective. This is too big a problem for us to ignore." Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos said the association puts retirement outcomes for ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... Australian public," ISA said. ISA said an answer may be to structurally separate banks and super. Australian Bankers' Association Steven MA1/4nchenberg said banks accept that they have not always lived up to their own standards, let alone those of their ...

Government releases draft life insurance regulations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... not effectively grandfathered by the Life Act... are explicitly grandfathered in the Regulation." Financial Planning Association professional standards and advocacy manager, Benjamin Marshan CFP(R), welcomed the amendments, saying that "While we are ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... Australians as well as any relevant research into retirement living standards. The institute suggests a variation of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) "comfortable" level for retirement might be appropriate. "If we can get at ...