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Govt exempts terminally ill from super lump sum tax

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... from payments to those who are terminally ill. Commenting on the change, the newly-appointed chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Pauline Vamos said, "The superannuation changes announced on 1 July have been ...

New PDS cuts to the chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... to find the information they really want to know," he said. In early August the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) found 10 per cent of super fund members failed to read the PDS statement.

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
A property association representing $20 billion of investor assets has joined the industrywide call for better investor education after thousands of mum-and-dads lost $1 billion on high yield but high risk investment products. Speaking at a conference ...

Get financial advice on the web

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... using the internet to source information to help them make financial information." Jo-Anne Bloch, Financial Planners Association (FPA) chief executive, said, "The concept has the potential to provide a lot of benefits to consumers and advisors and ultimately ...

ASFA awards Who's Who

... Financial were among the winners at this year's ASFA Communications Awards held in Melbourne last night. The ASFA (Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia) Communications Awards was designed to help raise the overall standard of communication ...

Comm Foundation partners with teachers on FinLit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank Foundation is partnering with Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) to jointly run financial literacy professional development workshops for teachers. The Foundation has a long history of being involved with financial ...

Dazza is a dud: FPA survey

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Despite initial claims of success with consumers, almost two-thirds of Financial Planning Association (FPA) members believe the Value of Advice 'Dazza' advertising campaign has been a flop. First aired on national TV in October 2005, and backed up by ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... Regional Development, Simon Crean, has announced the Labor party's support for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) May discussion paper on exporting Australia's financial services. Speaking at an IFSA lunch, Crean said Labor would ...

Cuscal branches outside credit unions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... other transactional services to handle the more open benefit payments regime. Responding to this, the Fund Executives Association (FEAL) is holding a one-day seminar on the topic next month.

Shorter PDSs are go

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... a wider reform package, the industry welcomed the regulations at the time, with Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer Richard Gilbert calling it "a sound package". Allan Kenny, general manager of product and investment ...