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Advisers help construction workers build their wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... can they protect that," Dale said. The program started on July 2014, only a few months after the Financial Planning Association (FPA) struck a referral deal with construction and building industry super fund Cbus. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall labelled ...

Atchison Consultants appoints senior consultant

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... managers, large banks, rating houses and listed REITs, and is a past member of the Executive of the Property Funds Association of Australia, the representative body for the unlisted property trust sector in Australia, Atchison Consultants said.

ASFA supports ASIC electronic disclosure consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) has expressed its support for the ideas discussed in ASIC Consultation Paper 224 - Facilitating electronic financial services disclosures. It argued that ASIC facilitating electronic disclosure will assist ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... planners (CFP) in the dealer group's network. A panel of judges from across the industry, including Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall assessed and judged the winners. Clients of the finalists were also surveyed by an independent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... expected, while British equities have moved higher on falling unemployment. Locally on Thursday, the Housing Industry Association release new home sales data for November and in equities news, medicinal cannabis company Phytotech lists on the Australian ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will focus on education and knowledge as a means to drive business and client performance at this year's GenXt National Roadshow. More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the roadshows that are taking ...

Industry waiting on Frydenberg for adviser education guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... to make public the government's position on the Senate inquiry into adviser education standards. Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante De Gori told Financial Standard that the organisation has not met Frydenberg ...

Sunsuper nabs senior AFA executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief commercial officer Anne Fuchs has accepted a role as national manager, retail distribution and advice at Sunsuper. Fuchs was only appointed to the role of COO in August 2014. She set up the matchmaking ...

FPA sets sights on lifting professional standards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... the quality of advice across the financial planning industry is to be consistent, according to Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall. The industry body has labelled 2015 the year of professional standards and has thrown its ...