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Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Journalist and media personality Ray Martin will be opening this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals' Congress in Adelaide. Martin will host the inaugural discussion along with former supermodel and writer Tara Moss, Punchbowl ...

Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Former Treasury adviser Glen McCrea has been appointed to the newly created role of chief policy officer at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). McCrea will have overall responsibility for "ensuring that ASFA's advocacy is prioritised ...

Young Australians want 'quick fix' tips from advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... 'quick fix' tips from their financial planners, as opposed to long-term comprehensive advice, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said. The results of the FPA's Financial Planning Week campaign prove that young Australians want advisers to help ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... on to future generations." Industry Super Australia said it was "dismayed" at the "short-sighted deal", while the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said it was "highly concerned about the impact that further delaying" the SG would have. ...

Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The financial advice sector is in need of change and a new Advice Competency Standards Board should lead the transformation, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new body would oversee the development of competency standards, adviser ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... superannuation in the second round of submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its 140 page submission the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) put the emphasis on limiting expenditure on the Age Pension, saying the aim ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... annual cost to government of social security by about $403 million, according to new research commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). These savings are a result of a decrease in costs related to government spending ...

AFA Adviser of Year and Practice of Year semi-finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) have announced the semi-finalists in the 2014 AFA Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. The Adviser of the Year honour was first awarded in 2003 ...

SPAA rejects compulsory annuitisation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has spoken against the introduction of compulsory annuitisation in Australia in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) "SPAA does not support policy incentives that encourage retirees ...

Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... three years practical experience, similar to that of the Chartered Accountants program. Membership of a professional association, ongoing continuing professional education and an ongoing quality review program would also be part of this framework. The ...