Media Releases 2004

The following table gives details of AIA media Releases for the year 2004.

Date Issued	Title
7 September 2004	INVESTMENT SENTIMENT INDICES – SEPTEMBER 2004 From Boom to Gloom At a time that saw the current profit announcement season declared as the biggest ever, Financial Advisers are taking a more pessimistic view of the future for sharemarket performance in the next six months. In stark contrast Investors are more optimistic than 3 months ago.
10 June 2004	ACCC should prosecute the FPA The AIA believes that the FPA is guilty of false and misleading statements and should be taken to task by the ACCC under the Trade Practices Act. The latest report from ASIC (research report on soft dollar benefits in the financial planning industry) confirms what has been known for years. ASIC Soft Dollar report fall short of Consumers expectations The Australian Investors Association is disgusted that ASIC appears to be letting financial planners who accept under the counter payments get away with not disclosing them. ASIC admits that, in a research project (Disclosure of soft dollar benefits, An ASIC research report) it carried out on firms licensed under the new FSR regime, it found a number of instances where the licensees had failed to comply with the requirements............
7 June 2004	INVESTMENT SENTIMENT INDICES – JUNE 2004 HAS THE TIDE TURNED? Bullish sentiment has been falling since October 2003 for both investors and their financial asdvisers suggesting that enthusiasm for shares as an investment is waning. The fall in positive sentiment for shares as an investment has coincided with the exceptional high prices that have been recorded in the housing and investment property sector over the same period.
28 April 2004	"Women Talking Money" - a Financial Wake-up Call The author of Women Talking Money, Leslie Falkiner-Rose, says it is not enough for women to leave financial management until unemployment, divorce, illness or loss of a spouse forces them into action.
15 April 2004	Institutions and FPA Reject ASIC Report So now we can all feel much better The much heralded and long awaited ASIC Report on Preferential Remuneration was released on 7 th April and has been greeted by the industry with the predictable response i.e. ‘old news’, ‘things are different now’ Note: pdf file 47kb
14 April 2004	Investor Sentiment Index (Apr) Market Sentiment falling but still high Note: pdf file 55kb
31 March 2004	*CBA Family Equity Loans* = CREATIVE LENDING ON A HOUSE OF CARDS** (pdf 14k)
10 March 2004	Consumers Expect Every Planner to do Their Duty (pdf: 41k) covering the release of the Report on AIA's Survey of Consumer Expectations (pdf: 257k)
25 February 2004	Why all Australians need to know more about investing (pdf: 15k)
11 February 2004	"Women Talking Money" Seminar (pdf: 15k)
5 February 2004	Investor Sentiment Index (Feb) Note: pdf file 33kb
3 February 2004	NAB's Cicutto Resigns Note: pdf file 15kb
Year 2003	All releases for 2003
Year 2002	All releases for 2002
Year 2001	There were no releases in 2001
Year 2000	All releases for 2000