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Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... want to know what the majority of investors' -- US investors, at least -- are thinking, have a look at the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) latest report. The latest AAII Investor Sentiment Survey shows that while bullish sentiment ...

FSC: Government drops opt-in requirement

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... what the professional standards will be," Mr Brogden said. "Under a last minute deal between the Financial Planning Association and Industry Super Network, the Government has dropped the requirement for opt-in but will not give any certainty to consumers ...

Former Count boss made SPAA director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Financial chief Andrew Gale has been appointed as a director on the board of the Self- Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia. Gale was managing director and chief executive of Count Financial before it was taken over by CBA last ...

AFA hits out at ISN over deal allegations

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... opt-in and the use of the term "financial planner". National media reported this week that the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and ISN had made a "secret" agreement to exempt planners from opt-in after just four years. However FPA boss Mark Rantall ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... and for the economy," said Investment Company Institute (ICI) chief executive Paul Schott Stevens in a speech to his association last week. Schott Steven's concerns are that investors will reduce their use of money market funds or abandon them altogether ...

FPA: Stance on opt-in remains the same

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Super Network that would limit opt-in to a four year requirement. Reported in The Australian, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Industry Super Network have allegedly formed an agreement that would exempt planners from the opt-in requirement ...

ASIC, FPA, and FOS address shadow shopper report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... were marked as "poor". The remaining 61% were graded as "adequate" by a panel. As a result, the Financial Planning Association (FPA), ASIC and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will host workshops targeting all financial planning professionals covering ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... followed as the commentariat picked up on the story and added their own list of China woes. The China Iron and Steel Association's forecasts that steel output growth may slow to 4% this year was dragged out. So was the China Association of Automobile ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... "historic" day for Australians. The legislation also provides for a super tax rebate for low-income earners, which the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said will improve fairness in the system. "Today there are five working people ...

AIOFP selects OneVue platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners has selected the OneVue platform as a new private label solution for its members, with a focus on SMSFs. The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) said OneVue's UMA platform ...