29 October 2009 | The Investment and Financial Services Association has refreshed its board, with ING's Harry Stout and Mercer's Peter Promnitz being given permanent roles after filling casual vacancies.
24 August 2009 | Treasury announces ASIC to be responsible for supervision and enforcement of the laws against misconduct on Australia's financial markets.
5 August 2009 | IFSA defends legislative requirements but says areas of financial services regime could be improved.
14 July 2009 | Former Liberal party leader John Brogden to take on IFSA top job next month.
14 July 2009 | AFMA executive director appointed chairman of the Finance Industry Council of Australia.
29 June 2009 | IFSA is in discussions with both APRA and ASFA on defining the investment parameters of balanced superannuation funds, according to IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert.
22 June 2009 | Thanks to the Rudd Labor Government's first Cabinet reshuffle financial services now has a seat at the Cabinet table but, as Mike Taylor reports, it remains for the industry to get back on the front foot.
18 June 2009 | Industry Funds Financial Planning has strong reservations about the veracity of the Investment and Financial Services Association's proposed fee-for-service model within its new charter on superannuation.
17 June 2009 | The Investment and Financial Services Association has confirmed its members will create a clear divide between product and financial advice costs from next year.
8 April 2009 | Richard Gilbert has announced he will be retiring from the Investment and Financial Services Association effective from the end of September.
24 March 2009 | Young advisers need to develop communication skills to talk about insurance with their clients.
29 January 2009 | Aggregated investment data could mislead investors.
18 March 2008 | IFSA chief addresses Conference of Major Superannuation Funds.
12:00 AM | Time is running out in the Federal government’s push to get choice of fund through Parliament in this sitting, though it remains confident of a deal with the Australian Democrats.
12:00 AM | In mid August, the Treasurer released a consultative paper on the application of the GST to financial services. Funds managers, life and general insurers, trustees of super funds and financial planners are now responding to this proposals which are planned to come into force on 1 July 2000.
2 September 1999 | The tax reform saga has some very prominent, influential and at times vocal players. When it comes to accelerated depreciation, miners come to the fore, whereas manufacturers have an abiding interest in re-search and development concessions.
22 July 1999 | In previous Money Management columns, readers have been alerted to one of IFSA’s major projects - the development of an industry code of ethics and associated practice standards and guidance notes. These were launched at the IFSA Conference 99 in Melbourne earlier this week.
15 April 1999 | IFSA’s first comprehensive financial services conference will kick off on Monday evening, July 19 and run through until 5pm Wednesday July 21 at Melbourne’s Convention Centre.
1 April 1999 | Nearly two years after the Wallis Inquiry, the long awaited reforms to the regulation of the nation’s financial markets are at last on the home stretch, with the release of the CLERP 6 (Corporate Law Economic Reform Program) consultation paper.
18 March 1999 | According to IFSA’s industry statistics, there are about 9 million Australians who have life insurance or managed investment savings that will be affected by the business tax reforms. It is not surprising therefore that IFSA elicited considerable interest when it contacted the various community groups whose charters cover these savings vehicles.
4 March 1999 | After a long drought, some showers of blessings have finally rained down on the savings industry. The shower was in the form of a press release on the taxation of collective investments by Treasurer Peter Costello, simultaneously released with the Ralph options paper on business tax reform.
18 February 1999 | Amidst all the talk of mergers and acquisitions in the life insurance industry, it’s easy to lose sight of the strength and size of the industry in Australia.
4 February 1999 | A little under two years ago, the Wallis inquiry handed down its 700-plus-page stock-take on the financial system. So it’s appropriate to take stock of what has happened since then.
21 January 1999 | The recent holiday period saw two crucial developments in the Ralph review of business taxation unfold.