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ASIC national exam proposal lacks evidence: CMCRC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft's call for a national adviser examination is flawed, according to Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) chief executive Michael Aitken. While recognising Medcraft's good intentions, Professor Aitken argued that ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... technology change, consumers' growing preference for low-cost products and the fact that MySuper and FoFA have forced adviser fees (1%) out of the equation. "MySuper has meant that retail funds are aggressively competing in the default space and that ...

Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Former Treasury adviser Glen McCrea has been appointed to the newly created role of chief policy officer at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). McCrea will have overall responsibility for "ensuring that ASFA's advocacy is prioritised ...

AMP and University of Adelaide form SMSF research centre

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... SMSF trustees. "The fragmented nature of the SMSF sector has made it difficult in the past for meaningful qualitative research to be undertaken but given the number of SMSFs we now administer, we are in a good place to provide the raw data needed to ...

ThreeSixty Research team merges with JB Were

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
MLC research business ThreeSixty Research has joined forces with its fellow National Australia Bank (NAB)-owned business JB Were. NAB said there were would be no redundancies as a result of the merger, with the entire ThreeSixty listed equities team ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... haven't heard of these two companies, then you're in for a treat. Our session on self-directed investing taps global research to understand one of the worst threats faced by every marketeer - the "what you don't know, you don't know" scenario. A day ...

Dancing with digital: MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... report will make for confronting reading with statements like 'wealth managers are holding financial advisers back' and research that half of the so-called 'digital affluent' go to YouTube for educational videos (a no-go zone for many fund managers). ...

AMP Capital launches new adviser research tool

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... financial advisers have more meaningful investment conversations with their clients. Sitting on AMP Capital's website, the Adviser Resource Centre provides financial advisers with easy access to a wide range of education-based materials and tools. The ...

Centrepoint makes four key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... Alliance has appointed a head of Distribution Strategy and Marketing, a national manager of Life Insurance, a head of Research and a regional manager for Queensland and northern New South Wales. Neil Rogan is the new head of Distribution Strategy and ...

Resolution Capital celebrates 10-year anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... portfolio managers of Resolution Capital, added: "Key to our investment success is a genuine emphasis on proprietary research with a focus on balance sheet strength and corporate governance. "Avoiding permanent impairment of capital is the critical objective ...