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ASFA wary about SMSF property schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is calling for mandatory Australian financial services licensing (AFSL) for all persons involved in the sale of investment products and property to self-managed super funds (SMSF). ASFA expressed ...

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... opposition when Prime Minister elect Tony Abbot announces his government. Speaking at the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)'s Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney, FSC director of policy and international markets Martin Codina said he did not ...

Telstra Super lures members with SMSF lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... months and 3.5% for six months. Jordan George, technical development and policy manager at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said he did not think offering easier access to term deposits would be enough to dissuade members from ...

Could ASIC become the SMSF regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... said, has the capability to "keep an eye on a much wider spread." However, Jordan George of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said he did not "see any likelihood" that the regulation of SMSFs would shift from the ATO to ASIC. While ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... the Australian hedge fund industry today, which convenes in Sydney today for the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)'s annual forum. Hedge funds ASIC identified account for only a small share of Australia's $2.1 trillion managed funds ...

Hedge fund industry calls for consistent global regulatory framework

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Global hedge fund industry body, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has called for greater consistency in in global regulations governing the industry in its newly published statement of policy principles. The paper builds on a ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... senator Mathias Cormann and we now eagerly await the announcement of our relevant Minister," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said that it supports the changes to ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... unlike APRA, the data will be publicly available. According to Nikki Bentley of the Alternative Investment Management Association, the requirements undermine the hedge fund model. "Hedge fund managers are concerned that the current framework does not ...

AVCAL chief executive resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... Woodthorpe has announced she will step down as chief executive of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) after seven years in the role. Woodthorpe made the announcement last night, and her resignation will be effective ...

Australia to host international advice meeting

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013