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IFSA calls on Labor to act on stalled super measures

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has called on the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to display political flexibility and work towards an outcome for super measures currently stalled in Parliament, following the ALP's reply to Budget ...

Income tax Budget gets mixed reaction

... are defendable with no apparent resort to Budget accounting tricks," he said. But Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer Richard Gilbert said the Budget would help both the financial services industry and retail ...

IFSA acts to tighten fund manager voting policy

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revamped Standard Investment Management Agreement (SIMA) obliging fund managers to provide superannuation trustees with records of their voting policies. "The new SIMA will serve ...

IFSA launches MfundEC data standards online

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has developed new MFundEC transaction based e-commerce standards to improve the efficiency of the Australian managed funds system through cost reductions from the use of electronic commerce in ...

ASIC launches online managed fund calculator

... acknowledges the advice we received from experts in managed funds," Dunn added. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) welcomed the launch of the calculator and said it will be commending its members to include a reference to the ASIC ...

IFSA welcomes ASX corporate governance guidelines

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today welcomed the launch of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) corporate governance guidelines. Richard Gilbert, chief executive officer of IFSA, said that the guidelines are overwhelmingly ...

Retirement income funds suffer 13% sales slowdown: IFSA

... billion but total sales were down by over 13% for the quarter to $2.4 billion, the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA) said today. "The decrease in sales for the final quarter of 2002 could be attributed to a number of factors ...

IFSA lines up against Labor on voting and disclosure

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today threw its considerable weight against Labor Party proposals that would obligate fund managers and superannuation trustees to vote on all company resolutions and disclose how and why they ...

FPA spells out its commitment to disclosure

... sound and rational argument of those who want disclosure on risk products." The FPA, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), and the Australian Compliance Institute sent a joint submission to the Parliamentary backing disclosure on February ...

Financial services bodies hail FSRA tax relief roll-over

Paul Cully The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) have warmly welcomed the Government's move to roll-over capital gains tax (CGT) relief to the new Financial Services Reform Act ...