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One-size rule does not fit advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... for consumers, said the Financial Planning Association of Australia. In its submission to the Financial Services Working Group (FSWG) on Simple choices within an existing superannuation account, the FPA argued that reforms should be more ambitious in ...

ING Aus appoints two senior Life Risk execs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... at Asteron will be joining the group as head of product and marketing. He was most recently the chair of IFSA's working group on the protection gap. He received the IFSA Excellence Award last year in recognition of his work in the field. Meanwhile, Christine ...

No standards, no deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... Best Practice Standards, according to a KPMG survey. The survey was conducted in conjunction with the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG). The survey also found more than half of pension funds expect that within three years they will require hedge funds ...

ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... not looking to withdraw or alter the accountant exemption law. In other news, DuPre said the Financial Services Working Group would roll out the First Home Saver Accounts by July this year and would develop a four-page superannuation product disclosure ...

FHSA tops govt agenda

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The federal government's Working Group has tabled its first session to discuss the development of a short form disclosure document for the First Home Saver Account. "By focusing its initial work on the First Home Saver Account, we are taking steps to ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... tide of change and renewed discussions on issues pertaining to superannuation. The government's financial services working group will be a major platform for dialogue and ASFA will be spearheading talks on superannuation advice, governance around self-managed ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
The Rudd Labor Government has called on senior government officials to form the Financial Services Working Group, aimed at dealing with financial services advice and disclosure issues. The Financial Services Working Group includes senior officers from ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... the Paris School of Economics. He previously held roles on the United Nations Millennium Task Force on Hunger, the Working Group, the Eminent Persons Group of the Asian Development Bank, the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee and the World Bank Chief ...

Skandia appoints new tech services head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
Skandia has appointed former Perpetual executive Damian Hearn as technical services manager. Hearn was previously technical services manager for Perpetual Private Clients, a role he held since 2004. He also spent time working at Asgard Wealth Solutions ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... Limited, received his award for his work in focusing on under-insurance and being co-chair of the IFSA Protection Gap Working Group which delivered two rounds of research that established a credible estimate for the level of underinsurance in Australia ...