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Westfield restructure gets green light, UniSuper to retain holding

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... for defeat at the May 29 meeting, with only 74.1% of proxy votes cast in favour of the move. Australian Shareholders Association spokesman Steven Mayne said Westfield had run a well orchestrated campaign to win over institutional investors in the past ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... have fought very hard to ensure that trailing commissions were banned from general advice," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. Rantall spoke shortly after Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann issued a response ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... through the Mercer Retirement Readiness Index. The index compares the member's projected retirement income with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Comfortable Retirement Standard, currently $57,665 per annum for a retired Australian ...

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said ...

Senate report supportive of government FoFA reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... proposed amendments strike that right balance," but said there is need for greater clarity. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall welcomed the report and said that the organisation looks forward to the government's response. ...

AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its 2014/15 mentoring program, an annual initiative aimed at promoting professional standards and giving advice to young advisers. AFA GenXt National chair Fraser Jack said the mentoring program ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Institute director Amitabh Mattoo are speaking at CEDA event on India's economy in Adelaide. The Housing Industry Association issues its state and national outlook. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed at its ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... senators will be critical to the approval of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have begun to lobby the senators, ahead of the Senate Economics Committee ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... vocal enough to demand more diversity on the ESG ranks? Planting the seeds On the upside, the ESG RA, a non-profit association created solely to increase the breadth and depth of ESG research on Australian companies, has done a great job. Since it was ...

Advisers, do not read headlines: Kerr Neilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... roadshow. "Ignore the headlines, they will not help you very much at all," Neilson said. Speaking at a Financial Planning Association (FPA) roadshow in Sydney this week, Neilson argued that news tend to hit the headlines days or even months later than ...