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FPA to reset membership criteria

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association is seeking to restrict its membership with constituents to vote on the proposals in April. After June this year only practicing financial planners will be able to join the association as members with practice owners ...

ACFS appoints Duffield as chair

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... bringing policy-maker connections to the role. The former deputy chairman of the Investment and Financial Services Association has previously served on the Federal Government's Financial Sector Advisory Council. Professor Deborah Ralston, director of ...

No $900 slug for planners: FPA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association said it won't be asking financial planners to pay increased fees of $900 under its proposed new fee structure. Fears about fee hikes for individual planners surfaced this morning after a news story in a trade publication ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... publish the February labour force report for February on Thursday. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for February was also slated for publication on Monday.

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Gordon Noble as director of government relations and strategy, a position he has begun today. Noble, most recently deputy chief executive for the Committee for Melbourne, will be responsible ...

Gap widens for women's super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... age range have an average balance of $99,988 while women have only $49,596. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said research by her organisation had found contribution caps were harming women's super ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... its current level of 70 years. The bill was introduced yesterday by opposition MP Bronwyn Bishop. Financial Planning Association general manager of policy and government relations, Dante De Gori said in a statement "This is a welcome announcement that ...

Super heavyweights reach out to younger members

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... super. Held yesterday, the forum involved representatives across the industry including the ATO, REST Superannuation, Association Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Business Chamber and the Institute of Charter Accountants Australia (ICAA) who ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... stolen - from iPhone text messages to website passwords, banking details and credit card numbers. Attendees at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia luncheon on Monday learnt that infection by trojans and other malware is more dangerous ...

AFA takes the lead with consumer campaign

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said it sees opportunities in the FOFA reforms and will be looking for ways to work with its members to make the most of the upcoming advice industry changes. Speaking at an AFA event on Wednesday, AFA chair ...