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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... it has stood for more than four years. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for May is due out. Bank Of Queensland chief executive Stuart Grimshaw is to speak at ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... the government that there is more need for time for consultation and to sort out details," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Standards Dante De Gori said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) also welcomed ...

AFA moves into broadcast to promote advice vision

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is in the initial stages of a new broasdcast strategy to raise awareness about the importance of receiving financial advice. The AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that the organisation is ...

Regulation remains unclear a month out from FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... regulation still has some loose ends less than a month ahead of its start, on July 1, 2013. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said that the organisation is still negotiating some of the aspects ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... is approved, the key to the final voting in the Senate could be in the hands of the Greens. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard that the organisation expects the bill to be approved at today's ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The main financial advice associations will lobby members of Parliament today to delay the approval of tax amendments to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), amendments they believe will negatively affect financial advisers. The bill is scheduled to ...

Trans-Tasman super rollovers exclude SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... proponents will be disappointed that self-managed funds have been overlooked after industry bodies the SMSF Professional's Association of Australia (SPAA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) made submissions to include SMSFs at the consultation ...

AustralianSuper granted MySuper license

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
AustralianSuper, the nation's largest not-for-profit superannuation fund, has become the latest fund to be granted its MySuper license. AustralianSuper is following the path of many other super funds, rebadging its existing balanced option. The MySuper ...

Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... securities. Dropping the changes effectively adopts recommendations made by the opposition. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), which has been urging the government to scrap the proposed legislation on the grounds that it unfairly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... release its first half results. Origin Energy managing director Grant King is among the speakers at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia annual conference in Sydney. The local market closed at a six-week low on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...