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LICG will fight on after failing to trigger AFA constitution talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
The Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG) has failed to trigger an extraordinary general meeting of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to explore a change to the body's constitution after nearly half of the submissions it sent requesting one ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... further consideration and the proposal to lower the concessional contribution caps to $25,000 for everyone remains the association's "biggest concern." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it will take time to assess and fully ...

Finsia appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... members abreast of changes in the sector. Building professionalism, diversity and capability are core mandates for the association now and into the future. "Finsia will work with members, the industry and other stakeholders to ensure the Australasian ...

Sentry Group slams LICG's "opportunistic attack"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... Sentry Group chief executive and chair Murray Hills has criticised the Life Insurance Consumer Group's "attack" on the Association of Financial Advisers in an open letter. Directed to the financial services industry, the letter admitted that Sentry believes ...

EGM forms require validation: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) must verify over 200 individual forms calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting after preliminary checking showed a number of discrepancies. AFA member, director of NOW Financial Group and member of the ...

AFA calls on members to reject constitution change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on members to reject a call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to pass a special resolution to change the AFA constitution, following an adviser's request via the Life Insurance Customer ...

Super changes to widen super gender gap: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... women (and men) who do not fit this pattern of work face a significant handicap when saving for their retirement." The Association of Super Funds (ASFA) estimates that for a comfortable income in retirement a couple will need a super accumulation at ...

Super industry bodies unite over adequacy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... Kelly O'Dwyer, the industry bodies request a meeting to further discuss the formalisation of super's objective. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Industry Super Australia ...

SMSF advisers face demanding year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... measures. That was the message from SMSF Association head of policy Jordan George in his address to delegates at the association's twelfth annual technical conference in Sydney. George told the audience of SMSF specialists that the changes to concessional ...

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... a good outcome from the proposed changes due to the fact that funds can have up to four members. Slattery said the association had been "working behind the scenes" to lobby the government for amendments to the proposed changes and believes more research ...