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CPA Australia and SEQUAL team up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
Accounting body CPA Australia has worked with the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) to develop a new guide for members who are advising clients on reverse mortgages. Kath Bowler, CPA Australia financial planning policy ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... the June share price index contract was up two points to 6,049. On the economic front today, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales data for February and the JPMorgan/Fujitsu Australian Mortgage Industry Report also is unveiled. ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Confirming the importance of insurance for super funds and also the prime weakness of group insurance, the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) is appealing for fund members to nominate binding beneficiaries. In response to rising trustee ...

BlackRock and IMCA award scholarship

The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) is still accepting applications for this year's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) scholarship with the closing date less than two months away. Sponsored by BlackRock, the $5,000 scholarship ...

Bank interest comparison rate on way out

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... banking sector is set to dump its comparison measure after it has been found to be a failure. The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), which represents mortgage brokers, said state governments were maintaining a complex and costly system ...

New chairman for SPAA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The board of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has announced SuperConcepts technical manager, Graeme Colley, as the new chairman. Current chairman Peter Hogan will remain with SPAA as vice chair. Colley, technical ...

ALP Govt will boost personal contributions: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... the best future plan for the industry and for investors. Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan told an Australian Super Funds Association Sydney (ASFA) luncheon yesterday that the ALP intends to make superannuation a top priority issue, reduce disclosure overload ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... Publishing and Broadcasting executive chairman James Packer speaks at the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association 2007 conference. The Australian stock market closed in negative territory yesterday after the bourse suffered its third ...

Advice already in client's best interest: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... account the individual client's needs and circumstances and all conflicts must be disclosed, said Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive officer Jo-Anne Bloch. "Firstly, the Corporations Act already requires financial planners to give advice ...

One in 10 Japanese planners pass CFP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... the November 2006 Certified Financial Planner certification exams managed to pass, said the Japan Financial Planning Association (JFPA). The exams, held in 10 major cities throughout Japan, attracted 6,975 candidates of which only 730 passed. Those people ...