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Multiple super accounts wasting billions in fees: CHOICE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... to streamline FSR, with ideas floated by Senator Nick Sherry for a central national clearing house, and with the Association of Financial Advisers call for fund transfers to be activated in 14 days.

Consumers want more savings but have nothing to save

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A consumer survey sponsored by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found consumers generally support opt-out higher super contribution levels while a survey by max Super found half don't have any spare money anyway. The ASFA ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... toughest thing has been explaining to consumers what advisers actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... commanding starting salaries of $50-60,000. The median for Investment banking graduates according to the Australian Association of Graduate Employers was $71,400 and that for Finance graduates was $47,000. The fifth successive annual rise in salaries ...

AFA unveils new board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has unveiled its new board and the recent elections have resulted in a dramatic revamp. Paul Riegelhuth, national vice president, Gerry Porter, Queensland director, and Craig Yates, Tasmanian director, remain ...

MIAA set for a new name

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The Mortgage Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) is set to change its name to reflect the evolving nature of the industry and the different areas of financial services its members are now active in. Phil Naylor, chief executive officer of the MIAA ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... units approved now stands at a reasonably healthy 9 per cent. Further details obtained from the Housing Industry Association of the State by state movements in housing numbers indicate that in Western Australia housing starts have increased by 25 per ...

Advice in 2020

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... Bobbin from the Argyle Partnership posed the question to a panel of high powered industry thought leaders at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) conference. Jim Minto, chief executive of TOWER, said, "The middle market problem would have been ...

Sen Chapman explains Parliamentary Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... of the Superannuation Industry, gave a few hints about the big issues confronting the Inquiry. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national conference, Senatory Chapman explained that these included recognition of the collateral impact ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... Keating, one of principal architects of the modern Australian superannuation system, speaking on the first day of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) conference, said we as a nation have squandered opportunities for solving Australia's savings ...