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No super profits tax for banks: Coalition

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... banking. "But any additional taxes you put on banks, they'll just pass straight through to consumers," Hockey said at an Association of Financial Advisers doorstop interview yesterday. Credit card customers and mortgage holders in particular will bear ...

Aussie planners should turn to Asia: Hockey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... continues to escalate. "I think Australian financial advisers are among the very best of the world," he said at an Association of Financial Advisers lunch in Melbourne yesterday. "I see the great opportunity in your profession as growth into Asia." He ...

Australia's funds industry lacks leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Urwin, global head of investment content at asset consultant Towers Watson. Urwin, speaking at the Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) annual conference earlier this month, said this has resulted in a pension industry that has allowed itself to ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... long overdue issues are finally being dealt with," she said. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, flagged the industry body will continue its push towards fee-for-service when remunerating advisers. "We see it as a vital ...

AGEST chief exec steps down

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... superannuation fund. Prior to BOC Gases, Seton was at AMP, where he first began his career in 1979. Seton was a director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) from 1994 to 2001. He was the 2009 Fund Executive of the Year award ...

Trustees address 'young' elephant in the room

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... held this morning on how super funds can deliver value to members. The forum was part of the annual Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) conference being held at the Westin in Sydney today.

FPA and RIAA team up for planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
The Financial Planning Association of Australia pairs up with the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) to promote responsible investment advice to its members. The partnership is part of the FPA's push to improve educational opportunities ...

AUSCOAL Super chief wins award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... for his achievements in superannuation. The award was handed last night in a dinner reception by the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) in partnership with AMP Capital Investors. In an emotional speech, Watson thanked the board and the team members ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... industry body for self-managed super funds, SPAA said it welcomes the Government's endorsement of SPAA/Australian Artists Association policies for future SMSF art investments. Under these policies, a re-elected Gillard Government will allow SMSFs to ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said the government's decision to use tax file numbers (TFN) as the primary identifier ...