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Dwyer named fund exec of year

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... was selected for the award by a panel composed of industry leaders and peers. He will receive a $20,000 education grant to study at an internationally recognised business school.

Australians lack genuine banking sector competition

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... genuinely compete, with only 29% saying they do. bankmecu CEO, Damien Walsh, who commissioned the research, said that the study reinforces the need by Australians for more competition. "They think that the Big 4 don't really compete against each other ...

Super funds look to banks on social media

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... super funds need to up the ante in social media engagement for brand differentiation, according to one consultancy. In a study of 34 super funds representing a range of size and membership profiles, a Buchan Consulting discussion paper found that while ...

MFOs take growth from banks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Boutique multi-family offices are outgrowing bank-affiliated organisations worldwide, according to a Bloomberg Markets study. Of the top 10 fastest-growing firms ranked, only HSBC Private Wealth Solutions was part of a big bank with the other nine on ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... depriving governments worldwide of as much as $250bn in tax revenues every year. The report's author told the BBC that the study was like "measuring the size of a black hole", and that his findings were conservative. The Price of Offshore Revisited was ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... of the alternative investment. Almost half still finds its way to the US and one-third to Europe, noted the Towers Watson study. Towers Watson revealed that Macquarie Group is Australia's flagship global alternatives manager, ranking in an impressive ...

Advisers positive about fee for service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... among financial advisers, reveals a new report. The Elixir Consulting's 2012 Adviser Pricing Models report is based on a study of 433 financial advice businesses across Australia. It found that 51% are currently using a hybrid fee for service model that ...

Childhood determines who rises to the top

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... women but only 3% of Australia's top 200 listed public companies have female chief executives. Fitzsimmons said that in his study he interviewed female and male chief executives and found that the differential treatment by parents and educators creates ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... registration requiring a tertiary accounting qualification including an audit component or successful completion of audit study as part of a professional accounting body program. Applicants will also need to meet a fit and proper person test, hold professional ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... advice, 30% moved investments (two thirds moved to cash or conservative classes) and approximately 27% drew on savings. The study was a collaborative effort, researched between Australian National University, AMP, Rice Warner Actuaries and National Seniors ...