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ARIA appoints Exec of the Year as new deputy CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... Australian public servant super fund. Commencing on 16 July, Watson arrives after 10 years working at the Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super), where he won the FEAL award in recognition of his contribution to the education ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2007 Adviser of the Year Award. "Advisers, who must be members of the AFA, are judged on criteria such as their experience, contribution to the industry and the quality of their ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Increasing demand for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... that people in the financial sector "speak a different language". Will Morony, executive officer of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, said, "Financial literacy will always be multi-dimensional, and achieving these goals of course requires ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... index contract was trading up 73 points, or 1.18 per cent at 6,250. In economic news today, the Housing Industry Association of Australia will release new home sales data for March, and the Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity ...

Mortgage brokers bounce back in latest mystery shop

... Finance brokers have beaten stereotypes to come up well in a survey of 104 members by the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, contrasting sharply with a recent CHOICE magazine report criticising the integrity of brokers selling reverse mortgages. ...

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... Bundestag and chairman of the Working Group on Labour and Social Affairs, said in a paper he wrote for the American Association of Retired People (AARP) that, "In view of the demographic trends which will be seen in the future, this step is vital. In ...

AXA wins Life Insurer of the Year

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
AXA Australia has taken out the Platinum Award for Life Insurance Company of the Year at the inaugural Association of Financial Advisors (AFA) and Plan For Life Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The award capped ...

CPA Australia and SEQUAL team up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
Accounting body CPA Australia has worked with the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) to develop a new guide for members who are advising clients on reverse mortgages. Kath Bowler, CPA Australia financial planning policy ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Confirming the importance of insurance for super funds and also the prime weakness of group insurance, the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) is appealing for fund members to nominate binding beneficiaries. In response to rising trustee ...