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Philanthropic foundation names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
As the 2018 FPA Professionals Congress begins today in Sydney, the association's philanthropic arm is welcoming a new chair. The new Future2 Foundation chair is Petra Churcher. She was previously chair of the Financial Planning Association's South Australian ...

New terms for early super access receives mixed reaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... the gender pay gap, particularly in super where there's a 42% difference in balances between men and women. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia welcomed the move to extend the early release of superannuation to circumstances of domestic ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... document needs more tweaks. However, it's clear the authority is listening to its advice industry constituents. The Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial Planning Association of Australia and the SMSF Association have all flagged FASEA's recognition ...

Knowledge, action gap puts SMSF savings at risk: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... could result in a significant reduction in retirement income for many Australians, particularly those with SMSFs," the association said. The report shows that 60% of SMSF investors aged 65 or older plan to invest in blue chip shares over the coming 12 ...

Apologies are over: Royal Commission looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... However, Orr pointed out only one industry submission received by the commission disagreed with the banks. "Only the Association of Financial Advisers is wholly opposed to ending grandfathered commissions," she said.

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... establishment of a code monitoring body is the issue that needs "the most time and concentration." Recently the FPA and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), along with 10 other organisations, applied to ASIC to become a code monitoring body. ...

ASFA welcomes new board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia added a further two superannuation industry veterans to its board. Incoming First State Super chief executive Deanne Stewart and Link Group managing director John McMurtrie have been appointed to ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC's decision. Wilson has a diploma of financial planning and was a member of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). He worked at Lifenet (WA) Financial Advice. Prior to this he had worked at Suncorp Group ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... life insurance, regulatory, compliance and risk frameworks and governance. Vamos is the former chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and was most recently chief executive of ESG research house Regnan. With more than ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... members of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, Association of Financial Advisers or SMSF Association. The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners has the lowest number of female members with 28 out of 131.