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ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... fund managers hold roughly $30 billion in hedge funds. John O'Shaughnessy, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) deputy chief executive, said IFSA is disappointed with the extension but not surprised considering the events in the UK. However ...

IFSA backs govt tax proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has thrown its support behind a Treasury proposal to provide an optional capital gains tax roll-over concessions to merging super funds. Under existing rules, if a super fund in a prospective ...

IFSA calls for more frequent valuations of unlisted assets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Investments and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a new guidance note to members with 'best practice' recommendations on how to value unlisted assets in the wake of the global financial crisis. The guidance note specifies the principles ...

Move for APRA fund level data gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... APRA should not be publicly released. Richard Gilbert, chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association IFSA), said, "It is good that APRA is now looking at the data it collects, as it can certainly be made more useful to investors ...

ING to develop retirement security products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... better retirement security products for super fund members. Speaking at an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) event, Stout said unexpected investment underperformance, rising inflation and medical enhancements indirectly threatened ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... investment industry. Renee Knapp, a senior claims consultant at RGA Reinsurance was the overall winner of the 2008 Deloitte/IFSA Future Leaders Award for her paper that proposed a ten-point action plan to solve the country's underinsurance problems. ...

Aussies rethink super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... results show that investors remain committed to their existing savings strategies," said Richard Gilbert, chief executive of IFSA.

FPA joins IFSA in mental health initiative

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... were based on out-of-date or overseas data. The FPA joins industry group, the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), which has long championed the cause and has commissioned studies to find the appropriate rating and underwriting practices ...

Intech appoints Hawkey to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Intech Investments appointed former Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) board member, Daryl Hawkey as independent non executive director to its board. Hawkey's banking and funds management career spans 40 years, working at Sagitta Wealth ...

AIMA and IFSA respond to temp shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... fund industry body AIMA is meeting today to discuss how ASIC's new shorting rules will impact Australian hedge funds while IFSA is due to release a statement about how the changes could affect redemptions and existing investment mandates. AIMA's chair ...