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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... Western Australian Chambers of Commerce and Minerals and Energy luncheon. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for August is also released. There is no major equities news. In Australia, the ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... much as an economic one," he said. The supply constraint, reported the Canberra Times, is that the Housing Industry Association said this 179,000 annual target is 29,000 more homes than it has been able to build on average each year over the past two ...

FOFA levels playing field: ANZ Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
The FOFA best interest duty proposals will level the playing field with advisers free to compete with super funds for intrafund advice clients, according to Paul Barrett, general manager advice and distribution, ANZ Wealth. The best interest test, as ...

FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Members of the Financial Planners Association will today have access to the, yet to be released, TV advertising campaign so they can see it before it goes live on September 18. The package, produced by advertising agency Banjo, compares financial planners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Flyer and Optus will be announced. Also, Jetstar group chief executive Bruce Buchanan speaks at Australian American Association lunch. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed slightly higher, with late gains in financial and mining stocks helping ...

FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... soft-dollar benefit unless it explicitly relates to a general insurance product. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said his organisation believes the $300 limit is reasonable and they were happy to see the extension ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... we had to face into the issues that were holding the industry back," said Tucker. Richard Klipin, chief executive, Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), told Financial Standard the Government should have gone further in not banning commissions where ...

Industry body applauds move to define financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... financial planner in law, which is very significant," said Mark Rantall, chief executive officer, Financial Planners Association. "We believe that provides an added consumer safeguard to ensure that when Australians are dealing with a financial planner ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... September share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 4,200. In economic news on Monday, the Housing Industry Association releases its data for new home sales in May. In equities news, QR National, Australian Worldwide Exploration, Goodman ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... population and rising rate of decumulation. Graham Sammells, chief executive of the IQ Business group and chair for the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) electronic commerce policy subcommittee, spoke at a media briefing yesterday about ...