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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... and Northern Australia, reinforcing how the Assistant Treasurer role is often a stepping stone to bigger roles. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national president Deborah Kent thanked Frydenberg for "his accessibility whilst in the role. ...

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... director of the men's health not-for-profit charity, The E.J.Whitten Foundation, and is a director of the Fund Executive Association. Elia told a recent Hostplus investment forum that ACSI would be continuing its engagement with executives across Australia ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The SMSF Association has renewed calls for Australians to seek professional financial advice whether it be managing or seeking to begin a self-managed superannuation fund. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said everybody should get advice ...

Super executive leaves for Mozambique

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... 1000 children are now getting 12 year's education. Grindley has also been a best practice committee member at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) since 2011. He was also a NSW state councilor at the Governance Institute of Australia ...

AFA announces awards finalists

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers has announced the finalists for its 2015 awards. In partnership with TAL, the Female Excellence in Advice Award finalists are Perspective Financial Services' Esther Althaus, PetersMcKeown's Tricia Peters and NAB's ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... issues. "The main concern for us is timing, we are very eager to have progress on these reforms," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy Dante De Gori said. "The FSI and the PJC report [of the inquiry into financial advisers' ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... has appointed Tony McDonald new non-executive director. He was a director of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), now known as the Financial Services Council (FSC).

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... demand is driving interest in Australia's hedge fund industry, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association. Currently managing $96.9 billion in assets, according to the Australian ...

ASIC would "rarely" ban products

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... System Inquiry recommendations, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at the Banking and Financial Services Law Association conference in Brisbane, Medcraft added he was aware of growing concern about ASIC's widening regulatory scope. "I know that ...

ANZ restructures advice licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... will leave the bank after over two years as chief executive at Millennium3. He was previously chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) for seven years. FSP general manager Matt Brown has been appointed general manager for both dealer ...