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SPAA makes key corporate services appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The SMSF Professional's' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed two executives to focus on corporate development and corporate services. Richard Hockney will be SPAA's general manager of corporate development, while Joshua Geers has been appointed ...

ASIC warns of complacency over confidential information

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... "no excuse for sloppy handling of confidential, market sensitive information." The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) also welcomed the report. "We see this report as a call to action. Releasing these findings will highlight the need ...

Banks support the "original" FoFA intent: ABA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said that the industry supports the original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which focused largely on consumer protection. The ABA came out shortly after Industry Super Australia (ISA) accused ...

FPA reveals 10 point plan to improve advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has unveiled 10 key points to raise the standards of financial advice. The FPA presented the plan yesterday during the Senate Economics Committee hearing on the streamlining of the Future of Financial Advice ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... know. This, at least, is the message conveyed by the latest survey of investor sentiment conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). For the week ending 21 May 2014, the AAII survey found: Neutral sentiment is above 40% for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... week. US existing homes sold at an annual rate of 4.65 million in April, up 1.3 per cent from March, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said. April marked the first month sales rose in 2014. Greenhaus said trading volumes were low as some people ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... commissions on general advice during their appearance at the Senate hearing about the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) have told the Senate Economics Committee ...

Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... could be gleaned from New York Fed president - and voting FOMC member -- William Dudley's speech before the New York Association for Business Economics overnight. Though what Dudley said was relegated to paragraph 12 in today's Bloomberg commentary - ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... could access their super, but Prime Minister Tony Abbott quickly moved to rule out making changes any time soon. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes the superannuation preservation age should be set at least five years ...

FSC appoints AMP exec to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, of AMP Life Limited and the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited. The FSC board now includes eleven directors, Schroder chief executive Greg Cooper as chairman and ...