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Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has confirmed an exclusive report from Money Management over a week ago that the SuperEC and MFundEC electroni...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has backed the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) recent comments in defending the Financial Services Reform ...

Financial planning

The assets of worldwide managed funds have experienced a flat 2003 first quarter, with net assets declining marginally from their level at the end of 2002 by 0.06 per cen...

People & Products

Colonial First State (CFS) chief executive John Pearce became the latest addition to the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) board of directors after bei...

Financial planning

A "plain English" guide on the Statement of Advice (SOA) and a model Financial Services Guide (FSG) have been released by a consortium of industry groups to assist member...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has backed the Federal Government's decision to reintroduce its superannuation surcharge and co-contribution refo...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released an upgraded Standard Investment Management Agreement (SIMA) emphasising the importance of active cor...

Superannuation

The December 2002 quarterly Retirement Income Stream Report released by Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has shown a fall in total retirement income s...

Financial planning

Investment administrator Ausmaq together with business partners Accenture, Microsoft Financial Services, Intel and Web Central yesterday launched mainhub, an electronic h...

Financial planning

A war of words has begun between three industry bodies over disclosure of commissions on risk products and the viability of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA)....

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) have joined forces in support of the Financial Services Reform Act (...

Financial planning

The industry has come out in support of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recommendation that regulations surrounding the use of past performance...

Financial planning

The fees charged to investors in the retail managed fund market have fallen steadily over the last six years, according to a new study by the Investment and Financial Ser...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has issued the Government with a stern warning that any reluctance to reform Australia’s retirement incomes syste...

Financial planning

The proposed merger between the Australian Retirement Incomes Streams Association (ARISA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) will go ahead after...

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