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PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

... wealth management industry professionals at a breakfast event hosted by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and AMP in Sydney yesterday.

Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... transparency around how much is being paid for advice and whether that advice is conflicted or not. Industry bodies including IFSA, SPAA, ISN, FPA and the AFA have welcomed the reforms while financial planning groups MLC and AMP have voiced their support. ...

Lloyd joins Perpetual from BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... joined Bankers Trust and then St George. He was a serving board member of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) until his resignation last week. Lloyd will join Perpetual in August 2010.

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... retirement savings, and that needs to be addressed, said Vamos. Meanwhile, John Brogden, chief executive of industry body IFSA, slammed the proposals and said it would "deny people the control and choice they want in their super with a dumbed down, one-size-fits-all ...

Super too complex to handle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... at Westpac-owned financial planning group Securitor, pointed out a little publicised nugget of research from industry body IFSA and researcher Core Data two months ago, that spoke volumes about investor behaviour toward their super savings. On the question ...

Government annuities proposal draws industry fire

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... workers, and some industry experts argue private sector annuities and longevity risk products offer better alternatives. IFSA, which commissioned research from Towers Watson on the effects of compulsory government annuity products (hinted in the interim ...

Planning firm to drop commission-based insurance advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... billion in funds. It was one of the first planning groups to adopt fee-for-advice three years ago, well before industry bodies IFSA and the FPA started advocating a move away from commissions-based remuneration. "Godfrey Pembroke traditionally is an ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... said the changes were designed to reflect the changing regulatory environment and prepare financial advisers for the FPA and IFSA's remuneration policies. Around 5,300 financial advisers use the Asgard platforms. "This review has resulted in an entirely ...

IFSA blasts latest APRA league tables

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
IFSA has dismissed the APRA 'whole of fund' return on assets metrics as misleading, confusing and irrelevant for most members. "IFSA has rejected the APRA superannuation fund data... and its use in superannuation comparisons," they said in a statement. ...

Commission on risk products should continue: FPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... said. "The key issue of being able to opt out of receiving corporate super advice was one that needed to be escalated with IFSA and the Cooper Review Panel and the FPA will continue to do so."