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IMCA annoints new chair

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Lorraine Berends, principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates and director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), has been elected chair of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Australia. Berends has been a director ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... presenting a problem to those assessing the resources being spent on Australian skill development. The Travel Industry Association of America has noted that the US market share of global travel fell from 7.5 per cent in 2001 to 6.1 per cent in 2006 meaning ...

First SEQUAL approved broker

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... mortgage broker Pauline Murray, of Horizon Mortgage Planners, has become the first Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) accredited mortgage consultant in Australia. Murray received the accreditation after completing the Mortgage ...

New exec team to drive AFA expansion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) unveiled a new strategic initiative today with the formation of an executive committee of the board charged with driving new projects and initiatives for the AFA's growing membership. The AFA national executive ...

ASFA targets extra super contributions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Federal Government to introduce 'soft compulsion' opt-out arrangements for additional employee super contributions and to make co-contribution benefits more readily available ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... Exchange at 0729 AEDT, the December share price index contract fell three points at 5,575. Today, the Housing Industry Association of Australia releases new home sales data for November and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases International ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... consult with CHOICE, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) and its FPA members to better define the association's role in equipping planners to advise on the new product ...

Awards to recognise the best in life insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life have launched the Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The awards will be held annually and will recognise the top pranked life insurance companies ...

Planner PI insurance reforms unclear: AFA

... asking licensees to pay for this insurance will have negative consequences if implemented rashly, according to the Association of Financial Adviser's (AFA) chief executive, Richard Klipin. "The impact of the legislation if it goes through unchanged may ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) has appointed a leading public servant, Dr. Allan Hawke, as independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian ...