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ALP to unveil retirement incomes policy in November

... Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, said opposition leader Simon Crean would unveil the policy at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Annual Conference in Brisbane in November. "Labor's policy is a comprehensive and detailed ...

AFA teams up with Australian College of Financial Services

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced its plans to reintroduce sales skills courses for members and non-members, in a joint venture with the Australian College of Financial Services. AFA President Robin Yates said that he'd signed ...

Breakspear to leave FPA to pursue different path

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has today announced that its chief executive Ken Breakspear, having completed his contract, would leave the organisation on 3 October 2003 after a career spanning 15 years to pursue a new direction. ...

ASIC releases fee disclosure model to mixed support from industry groups

... help people understand their fees, and help them to compare fees across different products," Mr Johnston said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) gave ASIC's model qualified. According to the peak superannuation body, a standard ...

AFSA says ASIC fee model needs consumer testing

... fee disclosure model represents important progress in helping consumers better understood fees and charges, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has said. However it believes the model needs to be consumer tested before it can ...

ASFA describes Coonan's actions as "high-handed"

... superannuation portability are not only astonishing and pre-emptive of due process, but also an "own goal," according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Last night Senator Helen Coonan, the Minister for Revenue and Assistant ...

ASFA welcomes Senate committee superannuation report

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) - Australia's peak superannuation industry body - has welcomed the general focus of the Senate Select Committee's report on planning for retirement. ASFA said its recommendations for a move ...

ACA statement draws fire from AFA

... to cover survivors in the event of a sudden death of one of them," said an angry Robin Yates, President of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). "This is one of the most ill informed comments I have heard in 30 years of practice in the financial ...

Investors set to benefit from financial services initiative

... Investment Management Electronic Commerce (swimEC) initiative. The parties associated with the initiative are ASFA (The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia), IFSA (The Investment and Financial Services Association) and the FPA (Financial ...

AFA calls for balance between good advice and compliance

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said today it believes its necessary for suitable financial plans to strike a balance between good advice and compliance. "There needs to be certain information given to the customer in order that a proper ...