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Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... industry to self-regulate a portfolio holdings disclosure regime" consistent with one developed by the FSC and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) in 2012. It went on to deal with issues listed above. ASFA meanwhile focused on ...

SPAA appoints COO with Olympic experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Jacqui Murdoch as its chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately. Murdoch established a management consultant company in 2006 that has won global contracts with the London ...

Certified financial planners report higher profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... institutions who support higher professional standards within their financial planning operations," Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. The FPSB confirmed that there are 5,500 CFP advisers in Australia and 150,000 ...

SPAA urges concessional cap rethink

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for a higher concessional cap and the accurate costing of superannuation taxation concessions in its submission to the federal government's May budget. SPAA also wants the government ...

ACSA announces 2014 custody awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has announced four winners of the 2014 ACSA Awards. The winners were J.P. Morgan's Marian Azer, State Street's Daniel Cheever, NAB's Darryll Rogers and OneVue's Paul Talbot. The awards recognised ...

FPA's Ask an Expert week sees 150 inquiries

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) registered over 150 consumer questions submitted to advisers during the second edition of its Ask an Expert week. However, the Ask an Expert website had 7,038 page views during the first week of February, which ...

Equip enlists Medibank for health insurance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... executive officer for strategic marketing and communications Geoff Brooks said. "We are also very conscious of our brand association with organisations that focus on quality and value, as we do. Alignment of brand values is critical to successful partnerships ...

Bowen's FoFA fears "complete rubbish": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has slammed comments by Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen that proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation may make Storm or Trio Capital cases "more likely" as "complete rubbish." "The ...

FPA slams detractors of best interest amendment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has stated that "consumers have nothing to fear from the proposed amendments" that will remove a sub-section of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation referring to the best interest duty. "We are witnessing ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Authority (APRA), according to the regulator's general manager Greg Brunner. Speaking at the Australian Custodial Services Association's annual Investment Administration Conference, Brunner said APRA will be addressing the issue following a period of ...