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David Kiddie resurfaces at BNP Paribas UK

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... year after four years. At the time a spokesperson for AMP Capital said there was a possibility he would continue his association with the Australian company from his new base in the UK. Kiddie will be based in London and report to Philippe Marchessaux ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... early days." Garcia also reaffirmed AIST's support of the awards system as a filter for default fund selection. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which represents all super funds, said that fees were not the only thing to consider. ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling for nominations for the seventh AFA Excellence in Education Award, which will be presented in October at the AFA National Conference in Cairns. The award recognises advisers who invest in themselves ...

SPAA launches online CPD tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has launched an online tool compliant with the continuing professional development (CPD) program. The CPD Compass tool is an online questionnaire available to the association's members and designed ...

CBA exec joins Future2 board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... board now has nine directors and trustees, including three who are nominated by the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Perkovic has twenty years' experience in financial services. She joined CBA in 2010 and prior to that she held executive ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Advice (FoFA) reforms indicate that "there is a will within the industry to make things change." Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall proposed "a hybrid model where the profession itself deals with everything that has to ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... advisers receive their primary income from product commissions. The US Securities, Investment and Financial Market Association (SIFMA), in a statement on their website, said they believe the fiduciary standards being pushed by the government department ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... longevity, infrastructure, and inflation linked bonds. Most submissions that dealt with this topic - including the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Actuaries Institute, UniSuper and Challenger - focused on the need to remove ...

Cbus to launch 'self-managed' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... fund." He added that the option may serve as a draw for new members through the referral deal with Financial Planning Association advisers. As advisers become better acquainted with Cbus' growing suite of products, he said he hopes they will become more ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... in infrastructure and corporate bonds more accessible to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently invest heavily in cash and Australian equities, but hold very little in middle ...