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Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... officer and Graeme Colley, director of education and professional standards at Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) dialled into the inquiry to urge the inadvertent breach up to $10,000 be made refundable on an on-going ...

Advisers urged to keep up pressure on FOFA change

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... my team will continue that." Hawke said Asteron fully supported key concerns highlighted by the Opposition and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), and would be monitoring the legislation's progress through parliament. "We're all aware of the ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Unions and super associations have responded to comments from Opposition leader Tony Abbott who blasted union involvement in industry super funds. According to The Australian, Tony Abbott reportedly called industry super funds gravy trains for union ...

Mandatory FOFA start date confirmed for July 2013

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... implementation costs as they will be able to synchronise FOFA and Stronger Super reforms." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed the move, describing it as a "great outcome for common sense", but said it would keep up the pressure to ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... of the board who was reappointed in 2009 for three years. Harker is also a director of Australian Financial Markets Association Ltd and Investa Property Group, and would bring a "deep understanding of global financial markets, with substantial expertise ...

Trustee Corporations Association members join FSC

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
The Trustee Corporations Association of Australia is formally disbanding, with its members joining the Financial Services Council. Eight private trustee companies and eight Public Trustees will become full members of the Financial Services Council (FSC). ...

AFA urges Independents to help change FOFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has written to Independents and other MPs urging their support to change certain elements of the planned FOFA legislation. Issues outlined by the association include the removal of retrospective fee disclosure requirements ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Roll out, no, no, put that barrel of fun back. Roll out the bad news. Which one? Would you like the one about Greece defaulting or the one that talks about Europe heading for (already in) recession? Or do you prefer a reiteration of the tale of China ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... including gross domestic product, for the December 2011 quarter, while the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Performance of Construction Index (PCI) for February comes out. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip ...

UN Responsible Investment head joins Emerald launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... the longer term, likely to outperform while managing risk better" Gifford said. According to Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) research, the average Responsible Investment (RI) fund outperforms its mainstream counterpart and benchmarks ...