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Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...
Financial planning
Attempts by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) to agree on a single fee measure for sup...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) had “constructive” talks on Friday and will meet ...
Financial planning
The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...
Financial planning
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Ross Cameron has written to the chief executives of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (AFSA) and the...
Financial planning
Fund managers have followed financial services industry groups in giving their approval to the changes to superannuation and retirement income streams announced yesterday...
Superannuation
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has welcomed changes to the superannuation and retirement income system following an announcement by the Federal ...
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has launched a new investor education initiative on managed funds in the belief that recent upbeat markets will f...
Financial planning
“Smart” financial planners will have made New Year’s Resolutions to change the way they run their business to meet consumer and regulatory expectations, according to Pres...
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have formed a joint task force to fight against state Government pro...
Financial planning
When Richard Gilbert entered the Top 10 Most Influential People list last year, he had only just stepped into his new role as chief executive of one of the country’s most...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has accused the Australian Labor Party of pilfering its superannuation policies, following yesterday’s announcement by the Opposition of the first ...
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has claimed the uptake of its model product disclosure statements (PDS) has been high less than a month after its...
Financial planning
The final draft of a set of international standards for financial planning should be ready for comment next March....
Financial planning
The Federal Government’s push to reduce the superannuation surcharge and expand government co-contributions bore fruit as the Senate passed both measures yesterday after ...
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