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AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a handy member's guide to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, complete with details on AFA's stance on the proposed changes. The FOFA reforms will be tabled in parliament by spring ...

Europe to follow Australian sustainability lead

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... strong example for its UK counterparts, said Penny Shepherd, chief executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance association (UKSIF). "Australia's superannuation funds offer an increasingly important market for UK investment managers. This briefing ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... industry leaders have said. Dante de Gori, general manager of policy and government relations for the Financial Planning Association, said unlike a normal tax return, the Government's rules on the concessional superannuation caps were so inflexible that ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... industry associations, including the Australian Council for Superannuation Investors, the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association and Jones LangLaSalle are actively supporting the GRESB Foundation. "VFMC takes an active approach to ESG and believes that ...

IMCA offers 2011 scholarships

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... The Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program scholarships are offered by the Investment Management Consultants Association of Australia. The association says CIMA provides a strong foundation the investment consulting and researcher industries ...

SPAA rejigs board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) makes key board changes, with Andrew Hamilton promoted to vice chair and Louise Biti as director. Hamilton, who previously was a director for SPAA was promoted into the new role ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Malcolm Edey is due to deliver a speech to the Cards and Payments Australasia 2011 Conference. The Housing Industry Association is due to release new home sales data for January. In equities news, Sensis chief executive Bruce Akhurst is due to give an ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) hits back at Industry Super Fund research claiming consumers save $82,000 by retirement age by avoiding financial adviser fees. According to the AFA, this research was designed to distract consumers from industry ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
CCH, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, the provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services, has launched CCH Financial Reporter, which it claims can reduce the time taken to produce financial reports by up to 90 per cent. The ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... cent from July 1, 2013. It will also raise the age limit for superannuation contributions from 70 to 75 years. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed the announcement saying the MMRT agreement had removed the last barrier ...