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AFA endorses policy on transfer of clients

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed new government guidelines clarifying the position of clients when a financial adviser transfers between dealer groups. The AFA said the new guidelines, released as a FAQ by the Australian Privacy ...

Australia secures fourth place on global managed fund ranking

... global managed fund ladder, overtaking Italy in its total managed fund assets, an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) survey has revealed. The international survey of investment funds for the June quarter 2003 shows that Australia now ...

ABA reports "pleasing" fall in banking ombudsman cases

The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) has said it is pleased with the 13.3 per cent fall in the number of cases dealt with by the Banking Ombudsman, compared to last year. The fall was reported in the Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman (BFSO) ...

ASIC and FPA to help planners with written communication

... unintelligible handwriting, as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) today announced a joint program to help financial planners improve written communication with their clients. "To be ...

ASX welcomes proposed fines

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... current system lacks," Mr Humphry said. "It is important to note that the enhanced enforcement regime will be applied in association with ASX - once more highlighting the value of the co-regulatory nature of our system of market supervision." Continuous ...

Housing finance expected to have risen in August

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... month. "(Two per cent) is the number that is implied by the original data on bank lending from the Australian Bankers Association," he said. "There is no sign of a slowdown yet in the key leading housing indicators and therefore the number is not going ...

Kerrie Kelly takes FPA top job

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed of Kerrie Kelly as its new chief executive. FPA chairman Steve Helmich announced the new appointment, as he was officially opening the FPA's annual convention and expo in Adelaide today Ms Kelly ...

Conroy slams high-flying corporate hogs

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... Labor's spokesman for corporate governance Senator Stephen Conroy. The senator, addressing the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) on the eve of the release of the Federal Government's corporate reform package CLERP 9, said some high-flying chief ...

Retail sales edge higher by 1.1% during September

... with sustaining levels of retail spending," said Stand Moore, chief executive officer of the Australian Retailers Association. "With only a 30-day month during September, retailers obviously benefited from continuing sales promotions, together with higher ...

IFSA and ASFA appeal to Government to reduce super contributions tax

... Australians pay on contributions to their superannuation, according to the CEOs of the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). IFSA CEO Richard Gilbert and ASFA's CEO Philippa ...