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Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... inquiry into advice standards, the Assistant Treasurer's office confirmed to Financial Standard. Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall confirmed that he will be attending the meeting and that he expects "a broad discussion ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... referring, of course, to the Trowbridge Report. What does it say? Initiated by the Financial Services Council and the Association of Financial Advisers, the Trowbridge Review on Retail Life Insurance Advice was designed as an independent review following ...

AFA calls for adviser leadership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox has said that advisers and licensees should take leadership roles in "pre-empting" life insurance reforms. Signalling the controversial Trowbridge Report as being the catalyst for self-directed ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

Assets under custody surpass $2.5tr

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... the country. Assets under custody grew by 5% for the six months to December 2014, the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) said. NAS is Australia's largest custodian with $692 billion under custody as of December 2014, 2.8% more than six ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... an annual rate of 5.19 million units in March, the fastest pace in 18 months, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Dow member Boeing fell 1.4 per cent as analysts focused on rising costs for production of its 787 jets rather than ...

Industry responds to Grattan report

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia have responded to the latest Grattan report on superannuation fees. In a statement, ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the report served as further evidence of bank-owned ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... announcement follows an opinion piece Bowen wrote in News Limited media on 11 April citing a research report from the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA). In the piece he highlighted that there are 475 people with super balances in excess ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... everything was going well, even if what led high returns was market growth," Dunn said. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael Gallagher noted that "a good track record and a CIO with pedigree" are essential to any ...