Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2531 - 2540 of 5379 results for "Association"

Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Union appointed industry super fund trustees should use their board influence to treat profit shifting by multi-national companies as a corporate governance issue and also promote infrastructure investment, delegates at the 2015 ACTU Congress were told ...

Super life insurance misconceptions addressed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... representative group ASFA creating a booklet to help guide people through making an insurance claim through their super fund. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive, Pauline Vamos, said the Super Guru booklet aims to ...

Advice firm ditches platform, adopts MDA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... experienced a surge of interest from advice firms. Agarwal is the winner of several industry awards including the Association of Financial Advisers' 2013 Rising Star of the Year and established MEDIQ Financial Services in 2010.

Super rules for women still unclear

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... female staff more superannuation does not have support from the current government, Fairfax Media reports. In 2014 the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released a report, The future of Australia's super: a new framework for a better ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... a Certified Financial Planner (or working towards certification); and working for an accredited Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) professional practice. Last year the Commonwealth Bank, among other major financial institutions, released ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... And if it's less, you can count on your friendly central banker to do more. This ties in nicely with the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) just concluded "Sentiment Survey" (20 May) that showed "Neutral sentiment, expectations that ...

ACSA awards best custody executives

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has recognised the industry executives who made contributions to the custody industry in the 2015 ACSA Awards. HSBC Securities Service manager of corporate actions Alvaro Martinez, Merrill Lynch head ...

AFA looking for next adviser of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers has partnered with Zurich to launch the 2015 Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year awards. As a result, the AFA is now searching for advisers who, according to chief executive Brad Fox, it "not only [rates] ...

Statewide hands COO acting chief executive role

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... is recognised for superior member and employer services. Last year Rantanen received the National Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) award in recognition of her outstanding contribution as COO to Statewide and the superannuation industry. Rantanen's ...

New initiative to improve women's economic health

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced a partnership with not-for-profit 10thousandgirl in a bid to improve the financial literacy and economic health of women in regional areas. The partnership will see the FPA play an ...