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FPA stops "highly offensive" ads

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has obtained a Federal Court injunction stopping Bannister Mansfield Financial Services and the firm's director from publishing ads featuring the FPA. The FPA's solicitors asked Bannister Mansfield Financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... index was 56 points higher at 3,428. In economic news today, the Australian Industry Group and the Housing Industry Association release their Australian Performance of Construction Index for January. At 1130 AEDT, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... proposed SG relief is not part of ACCI's submission to the Government. Meanwhile, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA), said ASFA would need to see the finer details of the proposal but that the important ...

ASIC blocks $2m Storm bonus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... the firm Emmanuel Cassimatis & Associates from using the funds. Besides ASIC's investigation, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is also conducting its own investigation on the firm's planners who are FPA members.

Industry unites for super message

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... effect on superannuation and reiterates superannuation as a long term investment. The Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA), Industry Super Network (ISN), Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Association of Financial Advisors (AFA), Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... about the US economy on Tuesday. Stocks turned moderately higher after fluctuating in the early going. The National Association of Realtors said buyers stepped in to snap up properties at steep discounts in December, especially in the South and Midwest. ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... Financial catching the headlines, said Bloch. FPA members and the general public can make a formal complaint to the association using an email, letter or on the phone. Bloch said the financial planning community is close knit and many members would find ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The key team behind the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is travelling to Townsville, Queensland to speak to those directly affected by Storm Financial's advice and the firm's subsequent collapse. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Jo-Anne ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... January, the Australia Bureau of Statistics house price indices data for the December quarter and Housing Industry Association new home sales for December will be released. Also on Monday, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian ...

APRA fund level reporting proposals dangerous

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association has rejected the APRA proposals for how the regulator should disclose fund returns to consumers. In a discussion paper released yesterday, IFSA said, "APRA's plan to publish trust level ROA [return on ...