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Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... profitability, then the banks' recent move, may yet be a long-term winner. The research is a joint initiative with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), with the inaugural survey conducted last year.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Industry Group's Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for September is due out while the Housing Industry Association will release new home sales figures for August. In major equities news, Jetstar chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka is scheduled ...

APRA confirms MySuper non-confidentiality rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will treat MySuper product data as non-confidential, following a period of industry consultation. APRA said the industry "generally supported" APRA's proposal to treat data as non-confidential if ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The upcoming Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference is looking into the industry's post-FoFA future and focusing this year's event on the theme of innovation. With the regulatory environment all but finalised, the tagline for the ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... raised from 3% to 5% -- that is, turn the economy cactus. BOJ governor told a meeting of the International Bankers Association of Japan that, "The year-on-year rate of change in the consumer price index, excluding volatile food and the direction effects ...

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... life, incorporating accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission to the government's review of retirement income stream regulation ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... or QSuper. A number of industry bodies are on the list, including the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL), reflecting the fact that the majority of renewable energy investment opportunities are in unlisted companies ...

Ridout made honorary Doctor of Business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... Advisory Board, said: "I am deeply honoured to receive this honorary doctorate from a great university. I've had a long association with Macquarie University and that makes this honour doubly special." Ridout's affiliation with the Faculty stretches ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... definition of an 'involuntary roll-over superannuation benefit'. The proposed changes would apply form 1 July 2015. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has been lobbying the government to make these changes for over three years. ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... independent body to oversee education levels and professional standards for financial planners." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall rejected the idea and said that "we've got more regulation than anywhere in the world ...