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SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and consulting firm Deloitte have joined calls from other industry bodies to criticise the Coalition's plan to defer the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) by two years. The debate centres ...

PIPA suspends Money Choice director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has suspended Money Choice director Matthew George after it was found he had failed to comply with credit laws. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) last week banned George ...

Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
National dealer group Affinia has made a senior appointment as it looks to be the licensee of choice for specialist risk professionals in Australia. Sitparan Gnanendran has been appointed the specialist life insurance advice dealer group's new national ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... regulation and the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) changes may have lead to some financial advisers deciding to leave the profession. "The early consequence of regulatory change may create a reason for people to leave the industry due to the potential ...

Retirement objective is income not performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Providing retirement income solutions for super fund members requires funds to be clear about their goals. Is it achieving high investment returns, enabling members to accumulate high fund balances or is it about providing retirement income, notwithstanding ...

Tax lump sums to beat longevity crisis: ASFA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Imposing higher taxes on taking lump sums from superannuation will encourage members approaching retirement to opt for income streams, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has said in a new whitepaper. Announcing it at its annual ...

Suncorp Advice appoints practice development manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Suncorp Advice has appointed Michael Frawley as practice development manager for Suncorp's self-employed advisory channel in Queensland. Based in Brisbane, Frawley is responsible for partnering with Suncorp-licensed advisers in Queensland to help them ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... irrespective of their training, competence, or licensing. "In order for any piece of legislation to be implemented, an entire profession and industry needs to be behind it," Rantall said. "The FPA welcomes the recommendation by the report to have ASIC ...

SMSF growth slows on low super system confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
A lack of confidence in the superannuation system is slowing the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market, according to Jordan George, technical development and policy manager at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). Speaking ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... said. However, De Gori said the budget did nothing to aid small financial planning businesses. "The financial planning profession has been and will continue to be under significant strain as a raft of new regulation come into effect in 2013. These small ...