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Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... at least 200 hours of study covering Australian taxation and commercial law. Advisers who are members or are seeking membership of a professional association would be exempt from additional education requirements under TASA, the TPB proposed in two exposure ...

Skaffold appointment signals assault on SMSF market

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... Skaffold's distribution strategy. The company has recognised that financial planners are an increasing segment of its membership base. "Client case studies highlight how Skaffold allows advisers to serve client needs for equity-market investing," Simson ...

Energy Super names new head of investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... industry has changed enormously, we have implemented mandate arrangements, brought our cash management in-house, and our membership engagement has become stronger as our member's sophistication and knowledge has increased." "As part of our investment ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... standards, and Rantall said that "at a point in time, there needs to be an appropriate degree of qualifications and membership of approved professional bodies and approved professional conduct. "For too long you had people being able to do a minimum ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... by providing funding for the advanced diploma in financial planning." The bank also plans to fund employed planners' membership to a relevant industry association. As part of the changes, existing CBA financial planners and their supervisors will be ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... cash put in over seven years and $40 billion in guarantees. It is scheduled to start lending in 2016 and be open to membership by other countries, but the capital share of the BRICS cannot drop below 55 percent." "They also set up a $100 billion currency ...

Brogden leaves FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... profile of the FSC and the industry, expanded its policy agenda to influence broader economic policy, and extended FSC membership to include trustee companies and public trustees." "Ensuring bipartisan support for no significant changes to superannuation ...

GESB outsources admin to Link Group

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... All GESB members will receive a letter updating them about the arrangement with Link and informing them that their membership with GESB is unaffected by the new partnership. John McMurtrie, managing director of Link Group said: "Link Group is delighted ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... must undertake ethics training, commit to no less than 30 hours of professional development per year and sign up to membership of an approved professional association," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. The FPA is also calling on the government ...

TWU defends mandatory TWU Super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... to superannuation. When asked whether his duty as a director of TWU Super was to maximise funds under management and membership, he answered, "That is correct." However he denied the interests of TWU Super and the TWU were ever in conflict. "I think ...