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SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... impacting on the entire super industry. Peter Burgess, technical director for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), told Financial Standard that while there are several major misconceptions about this space, it was ...

Christmas deadline for FOFA clarity: ANZ

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... recent submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), which is also reviewing the proposed legislation, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) called on the government to allow for a 12 month transition period to give the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... figures, including gross domestic product, for the September quarter. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for November is also released. In equities news, TPG Telecom holds its annual general ...

Bendigo and Adelaide team up with Australia's first RI platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... The new platform will provide access to managed funds and SMA model portfolios that have been certified by industry association, the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. Every account opened will use the Adelaide Bank Cash Management Account ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... challenge facing the financial services industry, was in the spotlight at the recent Investment Management Consultants Association conference in Sydney. Speakers at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) conference compared the success ...

PJC: Government needs to re-think payday reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Commission), to even stay in lending you have to show that you can make a profit," Paul Baril, from the Financiers Association of Australia/Industry/Smiles Turner Delegation, told the PJC inquiry. "It cannot be done in this country... the 10 and two ...

FOFA implementation time vital: ASFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... industry time to properly implement the changes. In its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) also called for both the FOFA and MySuper legislation to be considered in conjunction ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... year since 2008 and was due to return these to normal this year but has not done so due to market volatility. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it was disappointed in the Government's decision to delay the increase in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... news on Tuesday, the federal government hands down its Mid Year Financial and Economic Outlook. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales figures for October. In equities news, Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd, Premier Investments Ltd ...

Industry hits out at Best Interest

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... interest of their client, advisers will be exposed to significant risk and the cost of advice will go up." Meanwhile, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is also hitting out at the second tranche of the reforms, including Best Interest. "While ...