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FPA chair Rowe stands down, Kendall takes the reins

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has ended his two year term at the head of the organisation's board and will be replaced by Tupicoffs financial planner and pro bono advice advocate Neil Kendall. Board member and iPac chief ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... one cent to 21.5 cents while Fairfax put on 1.5 cents to 79.5 cents. Meanwhile, the federal government has announced its plan to raise up to $5.5 billion from the sale of Medibank Private, with retail investors offered the chance to buy shares for between ...

ASIC demands last resort compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has demanded the introduction of a last resort compensation scheme that would provide compensation to victims of failed investments and bad financial advice "where all the other options have ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The largest super fund in the country, AustralianSuper, plans to double the size of its in-house investment team by 2015, setting a fresh template on how mega-super funds in the future could start managing their multibillion-dollar portfolios. Over ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... SuperSolutions, Sunsuper, Super IQ, Super SA - Triple S Scheme, Telstra Super, UniSuper, Vision Super, VISSF and Zurich Super Plan. Page said the superannuation sector, as a result of MySuper and the FOFA reforms, is going through its most innovative ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has countered the notion that the banking sector is "oblivious" to Bitcoin. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney this week, Narev said the bank is open-minded about ...

Australian family businesses lag global counterparts

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... planning continues to elude family businesses with only 8% of Australian respondents saying they have a robust succession plan in place; compared to the global average of 16%. The survey found that Australian family businesses performed worse than their ...

Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Countplus financial planning group subsidiary Total Financial Solutions (TFS) has added two advice practices to its network and acquired a 49% interest in a third firm. A Sydney-based specialist personal insurance advice business will join TFS this ...

AFA to lobby for MySuper opt in arrangement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is concerned that mandatory transfer to default MySuper products could lead to consumers losing their existing insurance arrangements and asked for an opt-in arrangement to MySuper. AFA chief executive Brad ...

The pathway to professionalism

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Large financial institutions are raising education standards for their financial advisers. For those already holding the right qualifications it will be business as usual, but for those who need to do some studying, Laura Millan has come up with a guide ...