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LGsuper ups board independence

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... representative directors chosen by member ballot, three employer representative directors nominated by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ), and three independent directors. The three independent directors; Bronwyn Morris, John Smith ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for October while the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is also due out. In equities news, Australian Agricultural ...

Government removes self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... upgrading their qualifications," he added. The financial services industry has welcomed the government's decision and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said that the change "is a positive, practical move." "It is time ...

ASFA reshuffles board, appoints new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed a new chair and two new members have joined its board of directors. TAL managing director Jim Minto is the board's new chair. Minto has been an ASFA director since November 2009 ...

Cochrane picks up FSS board role

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), and chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Group Super and Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL). In a statement the FTC directors said: "We are extremely pleased that he will be joining them in the New Year." ...

TAL launches 'world first' group insurance technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... this is the first time this technology has been applied to the group insurance market in accordance with the ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) worldwide standard known as AML (ACORD Messaging Library). TAL Life chief ...

FPA to hold 2014 Congress in Adelaide

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will hold its next annual conference on November 20 to 21, 2014, in Adelaide. The organisation said this year's conference gathered over 1,000 financial planners in Sydney. The most popular sessions were personal ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... Joanna Davison as a board director. LGS said that Davison, who is currently acting chief executive of Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL), has extensive experience in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) management, an area in which LGS has ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... more of the current services of 401(k) and IRA providers," noted the Securities, Investments and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). But similar to reactions to arguments in Australia and the UK within the advice sector that they should take on a ...

University academics to access advice research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... up to $5,000 under an agreement between the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The first round of the grants will be awarded in March 2014 after a two stage application process. Initial expressions ...