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New framework to improve company reporting

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... ending July 15, 2013. The document has been developed over three years with consultation from the the IIRC's global membership, which includes leading companies, investors, regulators, professional advisers and NGOs. The IRF is aimed at improving the ...

LUCRF ramps up advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
LUCRF Super has launched a series of seminars throughout Australia to allow its membership direct access to the fund's financial advisers. A team of 20 LUCRF advisers will travel around the country to hold weekly seminars basis, LUCRF Advice Service ...

Professional Associations Super rebrands to Kinetic Super

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... transition plan. Frank Gullone, PASL chairman said that Kinetic Super would provide a better service offering for its membership. "Our strong roots in the recruitment industry, through RecruitmentSuper and our partnership with the Recruitment and Consulting ...

Planners must boost SMSF specialisation: SPAA

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to other business structures SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) membership and business development director Richard Magney told an industry panel event yesterday. "A seismic shift in how the adviser ...

ASIC chair appointed to IOSCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... (FSA) and said it wants to work towards the engagement with members and stakeholders and the cooperation across its membership and with the industry. The Board also elected Ontario Securities Commission chairman Howard I. Wetston as IOSCO vice chair ...

MFAA to terminate 1,100 mortgage brokers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) could forfeit nearly half a million dollars in membership fees after it terminated 1,100 of its broker members who failed to meet its new educational requirements. All loan writing members had until ...

NGS launches 2013 scholarship program

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... appenticeship program, is illustrative of super fund marketing programs that are becoming increasing integrated with membership' employment communities. This is the only industry fund membership campaign explicitly labelled as a "scholarship". NGS said ...

SMSFs on track to reach $500bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... retirement, the SMSF option becomes more attractive," said Mason. He said, based on current growth patterns we believe membership in this sector is likely to reach one million by the end of the calendar year. Growth in the SMSF segment is so consistent ...

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... who put emphasis on shareholder value. The fund also has an unusual fee structure, charging investors a fixed dollar membership, rather than a percentage of assets, to cover overheads with a simple performance fee structure on top. "Many funds aim to ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership." While the headlines centred on the Dow's break last week, the Russell 200 index had quietly broken above its 13 July 2007 ...