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Best of times, worst of times for advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
At a roundtable yesterday talk turned to the current state of the financial advice industry and the opportunities that exist alongside the challenges. Stephen Miller, adviser at GSFM, pointed out: "The whole regulatory landscape as a consequence of ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... Company said. Meanwhile: "We're still in the middle of really trying to understand where the trade talks are going to land and how that's going to impact the overall economy," GM chief executive Mary Barra told the Washington Post. The OECD prescribes ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
The proportion of financial advisers specialising in life insurance has more than halved in the last five years, according to Investment Trends research. In its 2019 Planner Risk Report released today, Investment Trends revealed just 15% of advisers ...

TAL shuffles leadership amid restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
TAL has shuffled its executive lineup, creating new roles as part of a wider realignment of the business that sees responsibility for its life insurance business split in two. The life insurer has redesigned its structure, splitting its life insurance ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world." - Louis Armstong It could only be because I got up on the right side of the bed this morning and/or the sun is shining after several ...

Wealth income halved, Hartzer skips $1.6m bonus

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... highlighted by the Royal Commission. Hartzer recommended Westpac's directors skip his cash bonus, which was likely to land at around $1.6 million after his performance scorecard found him eligible for about 40% of his $4 million maximum short term ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
An American manager looking to tap the Australian market has had a change of direction as it sees greater opportunities in superannuation funds' requirement to develop retirement income products. Thornburg Investment Management which was founded ...

AllianceBernstein boss lands FSC directorship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
AllianceBernstein chief executive Jen Driscoll has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council. Driscoll has served as the chief of AllianceBernstein (AB) for almost six years, having originally been appointed to the role in December ...

SMSFs can meet aspirational lifestyle: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... retirement lifestyles. SMSF actuarial certificate supplier Accurium claims many retirees with self-managed super funds are set to land on a retirement windfall, with enough in savings to fund "aspirational" lifestyles worth $100,000 a year. Accurium ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... from the government which is being deployed in line with its investment mandate. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund ("ATSILS Fund") established in February has returned 1.3% since then. "From 1 October 2019 the ATSILS ...