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Behavioural finance pop quiz helps advisers communicate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... animal symbols: monkey, owl, dolphin or labrador. The company says the tool will help advisers know what parts of their recommended strategy their clients will like and which parts they will struggle with, helping with communication strategies.

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... identify from the outset what future opportunities may be present should they take the current role on offer." McFerran recommended internal mobility and future internal opportunities be emphasised by financial services employers to attract the right ...

Third Link appoints inaugural head of distribution

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... is certainly helping to research the attributes of the funds and helping set them up." The Fund was awarded with a "Recommended" rating by research group Zenith and was included in its Approved Product Listings. Third Link provides managed investment ...

PC disability insurance final report released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... not suggested by the PC, one possibility is any reserve could be managed by the Future Fund Management Agency. The recommended implementation schedule is for the scheme to rolled out from mid-2014 as a pilot program in selected regions with the full ...

Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... including the move towards user pays. The Productivity Commission's (PC) final report 'Caring for Older Australians' has recommended government-backed reverse mortgages and an Australian Age Pensioner's Savings Account to allow people to retain ownership ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... resolution." ConnectEast Group was the best performer in the top 100 stocks at noon, after its independent directors recommended a takeover proposal from Horizon Roads. That pushed ConnectEast Group's shares up nine cents, or 20 per cent, to 54 cents. ...

Advisory firm directors may challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... services regulator has also extracted an enforceable undertaking from financial planner Kilara Financial Solutions, who recommended retail investors switch their superannuation holding into a fund of which Trio was the responsible entity. Peter Seagrim ...

Life insurance gap down 33pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... publically-funded social security benefits paid by the government and nine times that amount in disability underinsurance. Rice recommended the removal of stamp duty and a GST for some policies as one method to fill the gap.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... $42.06, and Rio Tinto descended 86 cents to $79.54. Takeover target FerrAus was up 15.5 cents at 79.5 cents after it recommended to its shareholders an offer from fellow Pilbara-focussed iron ore miner Atlas Iron that could put an end to a hostile bid ...

DKN agrees to support IOOF takeover

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... 73c to 78c with the companies announcing their agreement to the Australian Stock Exchange today. DKN Financial Group recommended shareholders accept the offer subject to independent experts concluding that the offer was fair and reasonable and in the ...