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Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released figures it says shows competition and increasing funds under management are driving down fees, however recent Rainmaker data paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006 ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... Diversified Office Fund and Commercial Property Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification after reviewing the environmental ...

Investors will be compensated for dud advice: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... indemnity insurance in place," said Chris Pearce, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. "The Financial Planning Association, for example, requires professional indemnity insurance as a condition of membership, as does the ASX of participants." ...

Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... right, and trying to educate trustees," she said. Andrea Slattery, chief executive officer of the SMSF Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) said the trend towards specialist SMSF advisors would only continue. "It's now recognised as a separate ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... not as if there's a ready supply of pilots sitting around." Peter Somerville of the Australian International Pilots Association called Jetstar's move to to put pilots on AWAs "a union-busting activity." "They are willing to pit pilot against pilot. In ...

ARIA appoints Exec of the Year as new deputy CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
ARIA has appointed former MTAA executive and 2006 Fund Executives Association (FEAL) Executive of the Year Paul Watson as deputy chief executive officer of the $17 billion Australian public servant super fund. Commencing on 16 July, Watson arrives after ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2007 Adviser of the Year Award. "Advisers, who must be members of the AFA, are judged on criteria such as their experience, contribution to the industry and the quality of their ...

Perpetual CIO to head global CFA institute

... Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute board, effective 1 September. The CFA Institute is a global, non-profit professional association that runs the Chartered Financial AnalystA(R) (CFAA(R)) curriculum and examination program, a tough course with a 30 to ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Community associations and sports clubs that group purchase insurance for members could be exempt from insurance seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... Incitec Pivot Ltd also will report its half-year results. In other areas, the Australian Industry Group-Housing Industry Association will release the Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI) for April. National Australia Bank is ...