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Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... "That's disrupting their investment process. It's a really inconvenient way for members to experience the value." SMSF Association director technical and professional standards, Graeme Colley, said there was room for education in member direct investment ...

HUB24 appoints former FSC director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HUB24 has appointed a new non-executive director who was a director of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), now known as the Financial Services Council (FSC). Tony McDonald joins the HUB24 board having held previous roles at SFG ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Both the Financial Services Council and Financial Planning Association of Australia have voiced their support for an industry funding model for ASIC. On August 28, Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg welcomed industry consultation on the proposal while ...

LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has responded to allegations that it paid thousands of dollars to a National Union of Workers fund, IR21, to finance political campaigns. Reports in News Ltd papers have claimed the industry super fund's ...

Accountants nearing SMSF exemption deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... continue providing advice on establishing and winding up self-managed super funds after 1 July 2016. According to SMSF Association head of education services Liz Ward, some accountants are unaware of the preparation involved in meeting this deadline. ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... allowed Wade the opportunity to professionally affiliate with several representative groups. She is a fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and earlier this year Wade ceased her non-executive director role at Women in ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it supported open discussion at the National Reform Summit and believes the focus should remain on directing resources where the super system needs improvement. ASFA believes the super ...

Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said that the government's proposal to implement a user pays funding model for the corporate regulator would increase "the cost burden on the Australian financial services industry." The ABA urged caution in ...

CORRECTION: AFA COO joins netwealth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
An executive from the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will join netwealth as head of governance and advice. Phil Anderson was the AFA's chief operating officer and will now lead netwealth-owned Pathway Licensee Service. He will also provide ...

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... are expected to reach 98% of what is considered to be comfortable retirement savings ($58,444). This is based on the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) retirement standards released in March 2015, although ASFA recently updated the ...