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Multiple super accounts wasting billions in fees: CHOICE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... Government to streamline FSR, with ideas floated by Senator Nick Sherry for a central national clearing house, and with the Association of Financial Advisers call for fund transfers to be activated in 14 days.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... people on the dole for more than a year has been negated by the chief executive of the National Employment Services Association(NESA), Sally Sinclair. Job Network members are paid about two and a half thousand dollars for finding people who have been ...

Consumers want more savings but have nothing to save

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A consumer survey sponsored by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found consumers generally support opt-out higher super contribution levels while a survey by max Super found half don't have any spare money anyway. The ASFA ...

FPA should lead not follow: Bloch

The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, has called on FPA members to lead the debate on the challenges facing the industry in her opening address at the annual FPA conference today. "We need to lead the debate instead ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... toughest thing has been explaining to consumers what advisers actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation ...

NCS head of sales and marketing departs

... after our clients." NCS is the country's leading player in custody according to the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA). As at December 2005 the group managed nearly $300 billion in assets under the 'master custody' category alone, trailed ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... commanding starting salaries of $50-60,000. The median for Investment banking graduates according to the Australian Association of Graduate Employers was $71,400 and that for Finance graduates was $47,000. The fifth successive annual rise in salaries ...

SMSFs are about control not speculation: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... than higher risk. The survey, conducted by research firm Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), found 51 per cent of all SMSF investors were 55 or younger. But the proportion is contracting as high net worth members ...

Franchises under CARE

... reach potential members after it signed a sponsorship agreement with the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA), an association that represents the country's $128 billion franchising industry. "This alliance partnership marks the start of a long-term relationship ...

AFA unveils new board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has unveiled its new board and the recent elections have resulted in a dramatic revamp. Paul Riegelhuth, national vice president, Gerry Porter, Queensland director, and Craig Yates, Tasmanian director, remain ...