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SPAA calls for fraud net to be cast wider

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association has called for greater investor protection against fraudulent investment schemes, proposing a levy on all product providers. SPAA is urging broader reforms around insurance and compensation measures ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Uh-oh, we're in trouble now - really big trouble -- or so they say. No use pretending not to know what I'm talking about, it's splattered all over the weekend news. S&P has dropped one A from the USA's AAA. I must admit, I too didn't know what to think ...

Super funds hit back at anti-carbon tax groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... calling the tax of "no gain". ATIA includes the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australian Coal Association, Australian Retailers Association, Housing Industry Association, Manufacturing Australia and the Minerals Council of Australia ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... backbenchers Bernie Ripoll and Deb O'Neill had been very influential in the change of thinking. "The Financial Planners Association have been putting up a good lobbying campaign, perhaps in contrast to one other financial planning group and certainly ...

Industry super funds show patchy approach to emergency reserves

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... billion for 500,000 accounts, the report said, but Deloittes would not name them. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said in the past industry funds had been actively discouraged from having reserves ...

Intrafund advice a sticking point for Stronger Super group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Fund Network chief executive, said while he could not comment on the specifics of the Peak Consultative Group, his association has publicly stated all super funds should be offering intra-fund advice. "Our position, is it should be a mandatory part of ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Under new guidelines announced by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Financial Services Council, super funds will provide a 'standard risk measure' as of June 22, 2012. The standard measure estimates the number of negative ...

State winners named in AFA excellence awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Six state winners have been announced in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Excellence in Education Awards, with the national winner to be announced in October. The award, sponsored by Asteron, applauds independent financial advisers who continue ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... news, TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute will release their inflation gauge for July. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases its new home sales report for June. The Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing ...

ASIC looks to reshape retail advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... 8, with a phase two paper due to be released that will provide more examples shortly after. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has supported the move and said it is pleased with the range of topics on offer for scaled advice, but raised concerns ...