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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Statistics posts private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure, December quarter data and Housing Industry Association (HIA) posts January figures for new home sales. In equities news, Perpetual, Woolworths, Harvey Norman, Brickworks, Treasury ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a document, due for public release shortly, expressing its concerns over the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on conflicted remuneration. The AFA already ...

Superpartners CEO joins ASFA board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Representative group The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia today said that Superpartners chief executive Peter McNeil would join its board. McNeil has agreed to fill the vacancy for a service provider representative left by Peter Beck ...

AFA ramps up membership campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) hopes to attract at least 1,000 more new members by the end of 2013, AFA CEO Brad Fox told Financial Standard. The organisation has just registered a record on new memberships in a roadshow after 151 financial ...

Two liquidators punished by ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... workload and cannot meet and maintain professional standards should seek assistance from the Insolvency Practitioners Association, their professional accounting body or from ASIC," he said. Meanwhile, ASIC has cancelled the registration of Paul Pattison ...

MySuper still ontrack despite low license applications

ALEX DUNNIN, LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
The number of superannuation funds applying for a license to run a MySuper product is likely to fall well short of expectations, but rather than suggest MySuper is flawed policy, it highlights how it is fundamentally an internal industry issue rather ...

Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The association representing credit unions and building societies is jumping on the election year to launch a new campaign designed to give bank customers a fairer deal. With the election only seven months away, industry body Abacus Australian Mutuals ...

AFA mulls fresh approach to FOFA code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is still looking for a practical approach to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Code of Conduct requirement, AFA newly appointed CEO Brad Fox said. "The first opt-in obligation does not kick in until July ...

SMSFs warned over incapacity planning

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... director becoming incapacitated are ignored, a leading lawyer has warned. Speaking last week at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, Bryce Figot, director, DBA Lawyers warned that often people do not think about ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... impact investors either saving for or currently in retirement. The Self Managed Superannuation Funds Professional's Association of Australia (SPAA) asked its members yesterday to stand against the changes to superannuation that are being discussed for ...