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ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider complaints about the new Industry Super Association (ISA) 'Compare the Pair' campaign, over concerns that they are "misleading." Commissioner Greg Tanzer confirmed that the regulator ...

SPAA and Macquarie to investigate SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Macquarie will investigate SMSF business models in a newly launched survey that is targeting financial advisers, accountants, administrators and stockbrokers. The findings of the survey will ...

Cbus first industry fund to get Lonsec rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... Cbus' FPA Professional Practices referral program pilot which has seen Cbus partnering with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) for the provision of financial advice to Cbus fund members. Cbus chief executive David Atkin said that the opening of ...

Industry heralds government capital recycling plan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... infrastructure projects. It has promised to cover the cost of an extra 15% of state projects that are funded in this way. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA's) chief executive Pauline Vamos said such a model will help boost superannuation ...

Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Less than 15% of Australians aged 40 to 64 meet the standard set by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for retirement savings, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the University of Melbourne. The research has determined that ...

Count and SPAA partner to provide SMSF training

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Count Financial and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) have partnered to provide self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialised training and education to Count members. Count is encouraging its advisers to join SPAA by offering them ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... of the road ahead but also because investor sentiment is in neutral... literally. According to the latest American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) Sentiment Survey, "Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially ...

AFA finds FoFA debate "surprising"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has expressed disappointment at the freeze of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendment regulations and finds it surprising that such "sensible and pragmatic amendments" have generated controversy among ...

Low volatility investing exploits low risk anomaly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... portfolio manager at the Netherlands-based investment manager Robeco said while it is well known that there is an association between risk and returns, it is not a direct causal relationship because investment risks are not proportionately rewarded. ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... (FoFA) legislation, which some stakeholders believe will lead to increased consumer protection. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has repeatedly said that the Coalition's proposed amendments could potentially reintroduce commissions back to superannuation ...