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Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... including on insurance regardless of whether they are being paid a commission. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers told Financial Standard, that advisers were just reacting in anger, and would still continue to act ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), TOWER Australia and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management launched its inaugural AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... investment by creating a new management role. Stuart Wilson, former chief executive officer at the Australian Shareholders' Association, was appointed ESG manager in April to ensure the fund follows best practice ESG principles. Wilson will work with ...

TOWER Australia changes to TAL

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... the next phase of our growth," said Jim Minto, managing director of TOWER Australia Group. "TAL has a close positive association with our company's strong reputation and performance in the Australian market." TAL will be slowly introduced into the operations ...

Voluntary top-up contribs not enough: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... viable solution for improving retirement income standards being an increase in compulsory contributions, said the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA). "Despite significant tax incentives for making voluntary superannuation contributions, only ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Group and Commonwealth Bank issue their Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for April, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases data on new home sales in March, and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) publishes figures ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... completed in an orderly fashion, which assists fund members," Minister Shorten said. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the industry was very pleased with the decision. "For a number of funds ...

Ministers backed to raise super contribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... to be increased to 11 per cent to address this shortfall. Seven Christian super funds are currently setting up an association to increase cooperation among them in response to a more complicated regulatory environment.

Advisers sacked, fees halved in "doom" scenario

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... stating a quarter of financial advisers would be wiped from the industry and fee revenue halved by 2024 is alarmist, the Association of Financial Advisers said today. The report by research house Rice Warner Actuaries stated the figures in an analysis ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Shorten on a range of issues including raising the superannuation guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the industry needed to take a strategic approach to achieve its goal of raising ...