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Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... from consideration amid mounting opposition from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee - reinforced by his close association with Obamacare, the Frank-Dodd reforms and the post-GFC auto stimulus. US Senator Charles Schumer, the third-ranking Senate ...

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Government to reduce impediments to the provision of adequate retirement income stream products such as annuities. ASFA acting chief executive Ross Clare said now was an "opportune ...

Advisers to get social media insight at AFA Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Financial planners at the Association of Financial Advice (AFA) Conference will receive a unique insight on social media through Twitter co-founder Dom Sagolla. Sagolla will be the main platform speaker at this year's AFA Conference, which will be held ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... funds," Forsyth said. "We treat seriously anything that involves the misuse of the fund." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA)'s director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said that most compliance breaches happen ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... secretariat, having initially worked with the International Monetary Fund's services," Orr said. The IFSWF is a voluntary association of 25 sovereign wealth funds, including Australia's Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Other members include ...

Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... partner Bill Fuggle, who says as many as 300 could be approved by the end of December. The global law firm has a strong association with the SIV having advised the team that originally pitched the idea to the government. Now they act for fund managers ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Super Association (ISA) have lodged a joint submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Consultation Paper ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to speak at AFA conference

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

ASMA dismisses SMSF property bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian SMSF Members' Association (ASMA) has dismissed recent speculation that DIY investors are overheating the property market as 'a beat-up' and called on SMSF investors to invest even more in the sector. Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... two years, so we are happy to wait and see what happens," Forsyth told Financial Standard. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of Technical and Professional Standards Graeme Colley said that the role that SMSFs are playing ...