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Super stoush over opt-in scheme

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Network (ISN) has come out in favour of the yearly renewal framework while the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisors (AFA) have stridently opposed it, backing an alternative three-year method where customers can opt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 4,928. In economics news on Friday, the Housing Industry Association issues its Trades Report for the December quarter 2010, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... intra-fund advice, among other things. Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the Self-Managed Super Funds Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), predict more investors will take the self-directed route in the future. "People [product providers] ...

ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... consultation to continue until the release of Exposure Draft legislation for public consultation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said it supported ASIC's role as sole regulator and was pleased with the outcome, although it is concerned that ...

AFA Foundation and Future2 raise funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... financial planning foundations have joined forces for the first time to donate $10,000 to the Friedrich Ataxia Research Association (FARA). The Association of Financial Advisers Foundation (AFA Foundation) and Future2, the Foundation of the Australian ...

AFA promotes Make A Plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers gives its younger adviser network an update on the association's initiatives, including the Make A Plan campaign, at the GenXt Roadshow in Sydney yesterday. Speaking at the event, chief executive Richard Klipin ...

US reforms open doors for tax-savvy advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... previously wary of recommending certain tax strategies for the threat of litigation. According to the US Financial Planning Association (FPA), many feel that existing laws have created a 'monopoly for patent holders to determine who can and cannot utilise ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... gained mixed responses from super associations including Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which call for more action to be done, calling this the first step. Meanwhile ...

Super baby bonus validity questioned

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... door for change and a greater push for more benefits in Australian women's superannuation entitlements, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Last week, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) called for "super baby ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... December, ANZ Banking Group issues job advertisements data for January, and Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association publish their Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI), also for January. In equities news, Argo Investments ...