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FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the two winners of the inaugural Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) university research grants. A team from Griffith University and a consortium of academics from Griffith University, University ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... other IPOs by a factor of almost 50:1, according to research just released by the private equity and venture capital association AVCAL. The study which was prepared by global financial advisory firm Rothschild examined ASX-listed IPOs since 2003 with ...

IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... better than the tax payable by their super fund. Other bodies calling for a rethink include the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Financial Services Council (FSC), The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), The Australian Institute ...

AMP launches infrastructure and real estate UCITS platform

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... their products across Europe and Asia to offshore investors.A According to the European Fund and Asset Management Association, UCITS product structures represent 71% of the total European funds management industry. The UCITS-compliant funds deploy the ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should have stepped in to address what the association calls a "campaign of misinformation" ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... difficulties when you look at performance averages. The same is true of large superannuation funds" said SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley. "In general, the ATO data tells ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... figures and the ANZ releases its job advertisements series for March. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI), also for March, is also due out. Meanwhile, the APPEA oil and gas conference continues ...

FPA calls for clear separation of general and personal advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to review the definitions of general and personal advice over concerns that the terms make it difficult for consumers to distinguish personal advice from product sales. ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... of the Senate inquiry into the performance of the regulator. He exposed how the Investment and Financial Services Association - now rebranded to the Financial Services Council (FSC) - lobbied the regulator to exempt retail funds from revealing fees in ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Financial System Inquiry to call for tighter regulation of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector. Both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian (ASFA), which represents all prudentially-regulated super funds, and the Australian ...