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The 60-year-old investing idea that keeps on giving

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
An investment product that rose out of a fund manager's 60 year mortgage lending experience has just notched up its fourth positive research recommendation. The La Trobe Financial Pooled Mortgages Option (PMO) has just been rated 'recommended' by Zenith ...

Health and wealth go hand in hand: Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
One financial adviser says helping his clients meet their financial and fitness wishlist can be the right tonic for their long-term financial ails. Senior financial planner Michal Bodi from Sydney Financial Planning is a big fan of behavioural finance. ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

Race among the advice giants: MAX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
AMP, ANZ Wealth and Commonwealth Bank are the formidable trinity of industry consolidators in financial planning, according to the latest mergers and acquisitions report by Rainmaker. Rainmaker Research has collected data on the mergers and acquisitions ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... marketers once a year. Hope to see you there. For more details, go to https://www.financialstandard.com.au/max. Michelle Baltazar is the Head of Media & Publisher of Financial Standard. She tweets on retirement savings and wealth management on @Miche ...

MAX Preview: Beyond value of advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
One of the key discussions at next week's Financial Standard MAX Forum is the distinct refocusing of marketing offers to the concerns of financial advisers not just as go-to advice experts but as successful business owners. Next Wednesday, the MAX-nominated ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Who's Who in ESG research attended this week's annual ESG RA Research Awards and the results are a mix of good, bad and magnificent. Elaine Prior is a name that needs no introduction in Australia's ESG broking community. Her research into the subject ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we publish our feature report on ethical investing, gathering the views from fund manager Australian Ethical and financial planning group Premium Wealth Management, to name just a couple of ESG investment ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...

Virgin blazes trail with redundancy cover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Virgin Money Australia plans to roll out a full suite of insurance products following a phenomenal take-up of its existing offering, including income cover that pays up to $3,000 a month if the insured is made redundant. The group's managing director ...