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Advisers have 30 days to issue SoA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the period in which an adviser can provide a Statement of Adive (SoA) from five to 30 days to cope with the frenzy of activity around the new super rules. ASIC said it had responded ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Just as the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a study arguing our local funds management industry could be a major export earner, the Senate Economics Committee has rejected industry lobbying that foreign investor withholding ...

Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
Advocates campaigning for why Australia should lower the foreign investor withholding tax have for the first time started explaining how the improved tax rate would boost our local investment industry and help Australia develop its ability to compete ...

Government offers industry the simple life

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Advisers will be able to offer simplified records of advice to clients investing less than $15,000, while businesses can post annual reports and new or revised product information online, under proposed new Simpler Regulatory System reforms. The bill ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released figures it says shows competition and increasing funds under management are driving down fees, however recent Rainmaker data paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006 ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Increasing demand for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Life and wealth protection sales grew by nearly 16 per cent in the 12 months to December 2006, according to new figures released yesterday by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). The sales increase comes after a major study by TNS ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...

Stone age funds up for reforms

The Federal Government is looking into legacy products in the managed funds industry as the next area for reforms in an effort to drive more cost savings in the $221 billion sector. Speaking at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
The Federal Government has released draft regulations from the Corporations and Financial Services Regulation Review showcasing a simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure ...