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Can Hollywood turn advice mainstream?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Call it the George Clooney effect. Motivational speaker Geoff Ramm told delegates at the AFA Conference that one way they can fend off competition is to treat each and every client as if they were a celebrity. The UK-based founder of OMG Marketing & ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Alternative risk premia mandates from institutional investors decreased slightly last financial year, but it's hardly a global slowdown, according to an international investment consultant. The latest asset manager intelligence and market trends ...

Advice is a sea of sameness

HARRISON WORLEY, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Addressing the AFA National Adviser Conference, chief executive and founder of Don Connelly & Associates, Don Connelly said financial advisers should look to differentiate themselves in a "sea of sameness." Connelly compared picking an adviser to selections ...

AFA names 2018 Rising Star

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A Wealth Enhancers financial adviser was named the 2018 Rising Star of the Year award at this year's Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference. The award, which is sponsored by ANZ Wealth, was presented to Rebecca Pritchard in ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A $160 billion global quantitative investment manager is supporting research that aims to determine whether cryptocurrency prices are predictable. Using natural language processing, the Oxford-Man Institute research is attempting to identify tradeable ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The association representing CFAs is asking its charterholders be allowed to qualify as financial advisers, as FASEA overhauls the educational standards in the advice industry. CFA Institute chief executive Paul Smith was in Sydney for a briefing that ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Aviva chief executive Mark Wilson is stepping down from the top job and will exit in April 2019. The UK insurance, pensions, investments and asset management firm said Wilson and its board have mutually agreed that Wilson will leave the group. Aviva ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Scale integral to adviser success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
The successful financial advice businesses of the future will be those that have gained effective scale. That is the view of Fortnum Private Wealth, believing the increasingly challenging nature of running an advice business will give rise to advice ...

WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Wilson Asset Management wants to shutter the underperforming Hastings High Yield Fund (HHY) amid the controversy surrounding Aurora Funds Management, which acts as its responsible entity. WAM is setting in motion a general meeting to urge HHY shareholders ...