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Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Nominations for this year's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award are now open. Advisers can nominate themselves, or may be nominated by their peers, their licensee or PDM/BDM. On launching the award, now into its 13th year ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... recognition of inflation would be a harsh treatment and result in lower levels of investment." The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), suggesting that the discount may not "continue to serve the original policy purpose for which it was ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... and Hong Kong funds markets, which are overwhelmingly equities oriented. Figures published by the Hong Kong Funds Association (HKFA) show the Hong Kong market to be dominated by equity funds of which Asia-oriented equity funds make up about two thirds. ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have refused to comment on whether a final consensus has been reached on the way forward for risk advice reforms. This follows the report in Financial ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... Speaking to the Bipartisan Policy Center last month, the chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), Kenneth E Bentsen, Jr, said the argument is not about what 'fiduciary' means but about the regulatory add-ons ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... effects for individuals and the economy should not be lost in the Tax Discussion Paper process. This is the view of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), who recently commissioned Vidler Policy and Research to "provide an economic ...

Finology expert to address AFA roadshow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
On the back of its recent partnership, Sunsuper and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have secured PortfolioConstruction Forum chief finology officer, Dr David Lazenby, to address the AFA National Roadshow in July. The US-based psychologist ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... partnership aiming to promote a sound culture in financial services was announced on Friday between Sunsuper and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The silver partnership is soon to launch a new initiative "that will help broaden the thinking ...

MAX Award winners named

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... - ANZ, Australian Ethical Super, RARE Infrastructure, SSGA Public Relations Campaign of the Year Shed Media - SMSF Association Finalists - 64 Media, First Degree PR, Honner Media, Pritchett Partners Video Campaign of the Year AMP - Oliver's Insights ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... after the IMF cut its US economic forecast. Locally on Friday, the Australian Industry Group and the Housing Industry Association releases its performance of construction index (PCI) for May. In Australia, the market on Friday the market fell to a fresh ...