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New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... a little known industry guideline on trail fees that took effect this year. Two years ago, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) introduced four new guiding principles on how financial planners should manage potential conflicts of interest. Of the ...

Account switching is too much trouble

... which starts its public hearings on Friday in Melbourne. In a statement issued in February the Australian Bankers Association (ABA) said the industry had adopted a number of practices to make switching easier, including offering customers help to make ...

Tech will bond insurers and planners: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... and electronic filing systems, according to AFA financial adviser of the year, Phil Young. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers national forum in Sydney yesterday, Young, from Zurich Financial Services Australia predicts that a cross-industry ...

AFA education to knock salesman tag

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) finalised the first unit of the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner program, an education course it hopes will reduce criticism of the financial advice industry. Speaking at the AFA National Forum in Sydney ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) is backing the government's proposal to change the law and allow same sex couples to access a partner's superannuation death benefit easier and more tax effectively. In its submission to the Senate Standing ...

IFSA backs Chile FTA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) welcomed the Rudd Government's completion of a Free Trade Agreement with Chile, a destination previously only accessible by US companies. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said the agreement ...

Industry backs ASIC 'super snapshot'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... per cent of worker putting extra money into their super are still not on target for an 'adequate' retirement. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) backed ASIC's proposal. "Providing fund members with personalised projections based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract rose 24 points to 5,006. Today, Housing Industry Association (HIA) new home sales data for June is released along with the National Australia Bank second quarter business confidence survey. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... raised fresh fears about the economy, capping recent improved sentiment toward the US banking sector. The National Association of Realtors said existing home sales fell 2.6 per cent in June, which was worse than the one per cent decline expected. The ...

CFA decorates Ambachtsheer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... publication, The Ambachtsheer Letter, which is distributed from his firm, KPA Advisory Services. CFA Institute is a global association for investment professionals provides the CFA and CIPM curriculum and exam programs, publishes research and sets ethical ...