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The era of the retirement consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
The looming wave of retiring baby boomers is paving the way for the creation of the 'retirement consultant.' According to a new paper from actuarial consultancy Milliman, the need for the assistance of a consultant focused solely on the implications ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev anticipates there will be more cases of poor customer outcomes as an independent review of the bank continues. Narev told the ongoing parliamentary committee in Canberra yesterday that while CBA has implemented ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity showed no growth (0%) in August, decelerating from 0.08% in the previous month but the six-month annualised growth rate - indicating the "pace of economic activity ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... savings to provide a benefit to somebody else, somebody who has her/his own individual retirement account, is particularly odd." Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said differences in how claims are managed amongst group ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
"Do you remember twenty-first night of September? Before you go cold like December And all you saw were cloudy days..." - September Gospel musician Kirk Franklin's reprisal of 'Earth, Wind & Fire's' classic September could become a hit come the "twenty-first ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Rate hike on, rate hike off. Financial markets raised their bets for a September fed funds rate lift soon after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's two-day outing at Jackson Hole (25-26 August). Her words, "Indeed, in light of the continued solid ...

Advice bodies at odds over professional standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) present stark differences in opinion over professional standards in their latest submissions to Treasury, suggesting there's a long road ahead for the wavering ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

Crestone open for business after UBS deal completes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016