IFSA CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Superannuation

Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....

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Financial planning

The Government does not intend repeating its actions on the Henry Review with the Financial Services Minister, Chris Bowen, promising an early release of the Cooper Revie...

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Financial planning

Investor confidence has fallen in the first quarter of 2010, but it still remains in positive territory, according to the latest CoreData Investor Sentiment Index release...

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Financial planning

Potentially damaging career breaks, lower salaries and reduced superannuation contributions mean Australian working mothers will struggle with inadequate financial resour...

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Financial planning

Young financial services executives have the opportunity to present their solutions to the challenges created by a changing industry via the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders ...

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People & Products

IFSA has welcomed new board member Ian Ward-Amber, managing director of Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management....

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Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has repeated its call for a lifting of the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent in light of the findings of su...

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Financial planning

IFSA's super charter alters fee structures for advice and changes the ground rules on advertising....

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Financial planning

New IFSA research suggests that Australian superannuation funds are globally competitive on fees and charges....

Financial planning

Treasury announces ASIC to be responsible for supervision and enforcement of the laws against misconduct on Australia's financial markets....

Financial planning

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....

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Financial planning

Industry Funds Financial Planning has strong reservations about the veracity of the Investment and Financial Services Association's proposed fee-for-service model within ...

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Superannuation

New guidelines around the payment of product-directed commissions to financial planners is the most significant, but not the only, recommendation in a charter that aims t...

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Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has confirmed its members will create a clear divide between product and financial advice costs from next year....

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Financial planning

Over half of investors say they are unlikely to increase investments in existing products over the next quarter, while around a third are likely to invest more....

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