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AFA launches revamped website

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has launched a revamped website to better connect members, following development of its multi-platform social media presence. "We've completely rebuilt the website from the ground-up, with the intention of providing ...

CPA responds to advice exemption

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... advice by financial advisers who offer this as part of their financial product advice services." The Financial Planning Association has welcomed the move as necessary to proper transition. "We believe this extension is a sensible approach that will allow ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) or the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) or the Housing Industry Association (HIA) or the National Retail Association's (NRA) clamour for the same, this is the Bernie Fraser - one of its own, the RBA's ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... Meanwhile Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST has said that most NFP funds have anticipated these changes and that the association will be closely looking at the new requirements to ensure the structure of many retail funds does not allow them to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... after a survey showed new home sales have fallen to their lowest level in more than a decade. The Housing Industry Association (HIA), which represents the residential building industry, says new home sales dropped 9.4 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... June share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 4,397. In economic news on Monday, the Housing Industry Association's new home sales figures for March and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for April are due to be released. ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... and with lower volatility and risk than equities," said Andrew Baker, CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). "The most interesting point to come out of this research is that it disproves common public misconceptions that hedge ...

Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... services. Bandid Nijathaworn, former deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand and now chair of the Thai Bond Market Association, wrote in a recent edition of the Lowy Institute's Interpreter newsletter that "Asia can benefit much more from Australia's ...

Industry rejects changes to super tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... which the Government shouldn't exacerbate," concurred Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). "The incentivised tax structure for superannuation is an original and critical feature of Australia's world ...

FPA launches consultation on financial planning education

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Financial Planning Association, in conjunction with the Financial Planning Education Council, will launch a national consultation framework on the curriculum and accreditation requirements for financial planning education in Australia. In 2011 ...