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Planning pracs down 10pc value

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... arrangements, watered down fiduciary duty and gearing have practices concerned for the value of their business. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is implementing its own support network for advisers transitioning through FoFA, but said that ...

Property managers stifled by lenders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... major lenders, with no notable improvement in the last year, according to the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA). An ADPIA survey of fund managers revealed that more than 60 per cent of its members believe that securing funding ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... APRA-regulated funds, is to be at a rate of $0.0001977 - or roughly 2c in every $100. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said small funds would not necessarily be disadvantaged as the levy was calculated ...

Finsia selects new CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... in the financial services industry with new regulatory and licensing frameworks requiring a modernised membership association to match. "We are in an era where professional membership bodies are being challenged by a generational shift towards social ...

IMCA: International expert to speak on the development of debt markets in emerging global economies.

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The investment management consultants association (IMCA) has secured renowned global macro strategist, Dr Tom Higgins, as guest speaker at their upcoming seminar, to be held in Sydney on Wednesday, 18 May and Melbourne on Thursday, 19 May. Dr Higgins ...

Industry funds primed for more planning deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... the scrubbing of rebates so I think there will be more and more of an open market," he added. The Financial Planning Association has backed the AustralianSuper alliance with planning groups to benefit members, who should ideally receive independent financial ...

Advisers launch FOFA attack

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... scrapped are the ban on commissions from risk insurance in superannuation funds and the biennial opt-in requirement. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has led the charge by preparing an advice package to instruct planners on how to lobby their ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... support of four of the six independents in the Lower House to pass the bill. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the time was needed to allow business to adjust and to allow the increase to be ...

Regulators cautioned on world exchanges

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... mergers speaking at an international conference for the last time as chairman. At the 2011 International Options Market Association and International Options Clearing Association Annual Conference, D'Aloisio said that there was a sense of urgency around ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Truckies, bus drivers and couriers will soon be very aware of who manages their super if all goes to plan for transport industry superannuation fund TWUSUPER. The industry super fund is putting advertisements on more than 80 billboards around the country ...