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APRA contacts funds on rollover fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... different postal addresses and requests where two trustee names are listed in one document. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is well aware of this issue and has already recommended that a number of administration processes could ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

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

FPA appoints Rantall to top job

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed former Godfrey Pembroke managing director, Mark Rantall, as chief executive. Rantall worked at NAB-owned Godfrey Pembroke between 2003 and 2008 where he helped the dealer group transition more than ...

Managed accounts forum tackles key issues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... accounts, what it takes to put an SMA into practice and, sales and marketing strategies. The event is conducted in association with IMAP, and will be held next Tuesday at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia publishes financial aggregates data for March. The Housing Industry Association new home sales report for March was also due out. The Australian Office of Financial Management was due to hold a tender for ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... way that does not involve special concessions from the tax system." Sharyn Long, chair at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said the government should be wary of defining exotic investments. "We're concerned about the detail on ...

Commissions by another name

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, opposition spokesperson for superannuation and corporate law, has labelled fee-for-service advice fees no better than commissions and said they wouldn't fix conflicts of interest. Hartsuyker made the statements while attempting to attack ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Guy Debelle is scheduled to deliver a speech at a Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia breakfast seminar. In companies news, Aristocrat Leisure holds its annual general meeting. Commonwealth Bank ...

FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) do not expect many of their members to exit the industry as a result of the government's financial advice reforms. Deen Sanders, acting chief executive at the FPA ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... promises has a bigger impact on the level of trust than the existence of bad press - and that would include bad press by association with a damaged brand," she said. Monty Noble, executive creative director at The Brand Agency, which has a client list ...