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AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in association with Plan for Life, has announced the winners of this year's AFA/Plan for Life 2009 Life Company of the Year Awards. It was certainly the year for CommInsure, which took not just the Platinum ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... months in January from 8 months in the previous month. Not only this. A report released by the US Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) confirmed the Commerce Department's woeful housing stats. The MBA application index fell by 8.5 per cent in the week ...

Berends joins QSuper investment committee

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Institute of Actuaries of Australia. Berends also holds the position of chair of the Investment Management Consultants Association. She recently resigned her position on the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) after serving ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... proxies at their own discretion - without instructions or guidance from their clients. New research from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education showed that over 71 per cent of investment managers reflect this trend. "We saw a 10 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is to release data on new motor vehicles sales in January. The Housing Industry Association issues its Affordability Report for the December quarter. In company news, first half results are due from NIB Holdings ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... recognised at last night's SPAA awards. Brisbane-based, Mason Cox, received the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Best Practice Award. Mason Cox was recognised for excellence in providing strategic advice concerning ...

KPMG sounds alarm on admin fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... short notice, to minimise the risk of fraud, according to KPMG. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), Gary Gill, partner at KPMG, said the number of fraud cases over $100,000 had risen in the six months ...

Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... allocates two per cent of fund assets for redemption each month. Early last year the Investment and Financial Services Association put together a working party to come up with a single structural framework but it was not able to get general agreement. ...

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... Cooper said they won't be adopting a 'cane toad' solution to the industry's flaws. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne today, Cooper said the review had not come to any final recommendations on ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... that lodged their returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne yesterday, D'Ascenzo said the timing of SMSF lodgements was a major concern ...