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Smith to depart ASFA

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
Philippa Smith has announced her resignation as chief executive officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Smith has been at the helm of ASFA for the past nine years. "I am immensely proud of what I and the team at ASFA ...

BIAM appoints head of sales

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... will be based in Melbourne. Elvish is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a member of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Investment Committee. Pat Lardner, regional director of BIAM Australia said: "We are ...

SEQUAL defends advisers on reverse mortgages

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) has hit back at claims made by the Members Equity Bank that advisers will sell reverse mortgages in order to pocket the commission. Kieren Dell, SEQUAL executive director, responded ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... that the fund is a founding member of the UN Principles on Responsible Investment, a member of the Ethical Investment Association and a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure project. "We have been taking a number of steps to lead the way in terms of Responsible ...

Mutiple super costs $315m: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates that the total cost of unnecessary and duplicate superannuation accounts is $315 million per year, a fraction of the $2 billion figure by consumer group CHOICE. The findings were ...

MFAA rules under fire

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
The peak body for mortgage and business finance brokers, the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), may be forced to rewrite its membership rules if the competition watchdog upholds a complaint. The MFAA, formerly the Mortgage Industry ...

Super hype is working: AXA

A growing number of Australians are becoming super-savvy, according to the latest AXA Retirement Scope study. The study found that 34 per cent of working Australians, compared to around half that a year ago, now have a "good idea" of their projected ...

IMCA annoints new chair

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Lorraine Berends, principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates and director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), has been elected chair of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Australia. Berends has been a director ...

FPA opposes creation of product sellers

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is opposing the Federal Government's proposal to create a distinction between product sellers and financial planners, claiming consumers will have less protection. The FPA has submitted a response to the government ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... presenting a problem to those assessing the resources being spent on Australian skill development. The Travel Industry Association of America has noted that the US market share of global travel fell from 7.5 per cent in 2001 to 6.1 per cent in 2006 meaning ...