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Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... what's become the passive income problem." According to Deen Sanders, chief professional officer, Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), the FOFA legislation as it stands represents a missed opportunity, and that while the FPA shared ASIC's ...

AllianceBernstein committed to Aus presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... Australian Equity Funds," an AMP Capital spokesperson confirmed. "Furthermore, the Board of the National Mutual Life Association approved the appointment of AMP Capital to manage the Domestic Fixed Interest and Real Estate Investment Trust Capabilities." ...

Shorten locks down accountant timeline

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... addition to reaffirming his plans to raise contribution caps. Speaking at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) national conference on Friday, Minister Shorten said new legislation on advice accountants can provide to SMSFs and ...

IE Group appoints chief executive, Liddy exits

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... start his own advisory business and all of us at La Trobe Financial wish him every success." La Trobe Financial, in association with IE Group, will present the inaugural Annual Achievement Awards for chief investment officers and chief operating officers ...

New cost estimates see MySuper equal SuperStream

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... implementing MySuper will equal the costs of SuperStream, according to estimates delivered in a joint Ernst & Young and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) executive survey. Both MySuper and SuperStream are expected to attract just ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... investors looking for absolute return, that funds are a good idea. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia yesterday, Dominic McCormick, Chief Investment Officer at Select said managed funds had failed to appeal ...

Cavendish MD named SPAA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... as managing director for SMSF administrator, Cavendish Superannuation. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) announced the appointment of Hamilton today. The association's national conference is currently underway ...

SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has announced the winners of its 2011 awards series at its national conference held in Sydney. The Chairman's award for most outstanding contribution by a member to SPAA and the SMSF ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments today launched the second annual SMSF report which revealed a focus among trustees on risk reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... funds would not resist the move but that a cost-benefit analysis was key while Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said disclosure was not the panacea everybody thought it would be. "It must be relevant ...