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SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold Coast last night to give a special Government ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... Senator Mathias Cormann has described the government's proposed opt-in policy as 'fundamentally flawed'. Speaking to delegates on the final day of the SPAA conference in Brisbane, Cormann said that the opposition does not support the idea of clients ...

SPAA to lift professional standards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
More than 1,100 delegates are in Brisbane this week to attend the annual Self Managed Super Fund Professional's Association (SPAA) conference, a record turnout that highlights the growing importance of SMSFs in financial services. In his keynote address ...

Infocus awards advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... acknowledged its top advisers at its annual conference and gala awards held 28 October. The awards, presented in front of delegates from Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, were part of a three-day event in Noosa for over ...

AFA pledges support for advice campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... that we do, then it's important to support this campaign," said Klipin. To date, the AFA has already aised $50,000 and delegates are digging deep. Joe Nowak, managing director of Joe Nowak Financial Services, said, "We are one family - that is, the adviser ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost 600 delegates, Troy Edmondson, AFA Queensland Chair and conference chairperson quoted the American computer scientist, Alan Kay, who said ...

Best financial advice tweet wins iPhone

... This year, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is set to run its first ever Twitter-friendly conference, where delegates are invited to share their views about the different sessions and activities in real-time through Twitter. Over four days ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... barely five months ago. Trapnell said the dealer group has not sought sponsorship to fund the initiative and only asked delegates $220 to cover the iPad, accomodation and other costs.

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... aid'. When the Coalition boasts of its budget savings, this is where they come from," said Bowen in his address to FSC delegates. The leader of the Opposition has asked for the reversal of funding for the centre to improve the allocation of budget resources. ...

Ascalon buys more stake in H3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... underway in New York, where Mathew Kaleel is the only boutique fund manager in the Asia Pacific region who will address delegates," Landman said. H3 Global, which was also named winner of Standard & Poor's "Emerging Fund Manager of the Year" in November ...