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Fin Services 15pc skill shortage

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The financial services industry is facing a 15 per cent skill shortage with financial planning in particular reporting a lack of experienced staff to meet demand. According to the latest Clarius Skills Index, skill supply in financial services has tightened ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...

Trustee fury prompts SMSF compo rethink

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The peak self-managed super fund association wants the law to be changed to allow compensation for their trustees as anger mounts over the Trio fraud case. Affected SMSF trustees are outraged that APRA-managed super fund members will be fully compensated ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Financial Advisers GenXt committee, a leadership role that connects experienced, older advisers to those new to the profession. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA said the financial adviser was a shining light in the industry and had been a proud ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... didn't invent Westpoint and I didn't invent Trio," he said. "I am standing in your corner for the promotion of your profession. But if that therefore means that the only way I can promote it is by simply agreeing with everything... then I will disappoint ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... are FPA members who are bound by our code," he said. "We estimate that 2000 planners are members of the accounting profession bodies. This means there are 6000 financial planners or more than a third that are working in an ethical or professional vacuum." ...

$55 million for Trio super fraud victims

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
Victims of the Trio Capital superannuation fund fraud will receive $55 million in compensation from a special levy, the Federal Government announced today. Members of four super funds formerly under the trusteeship of Trio will recover all lost funds ...

Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) is urging property fund managers to check that their insurance coverage is keeping pace with their changing business models. "While under-insurance is by no means confined to the property ...

FPA scores 94pc approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... consumers. This new strategic direction will provide financial planners a consistent voice and build the reputation of the profession as a whole," Rantall said. Members voted in favour of a number of proposals including restricting membership with practising ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Women in Super (WIS) continues its push for better representation of women on executive boards, particularly super funds, through a new scholarship program. NSW WIS will fund the attendance of up to four NSW WIS members to a 'Women on Boards' Workshop ...