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Record intake for MLC adviser program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... advisers. Participants learn about building client relationships, marketing and practice management while developing their technical knowledge by completing an Advanced Diploma of Financial Services or Certified Financial Planner qualification. Wayne ...

TFSA cuts cost, saves time through Paragem

... the details as TFSA advisers think big. In a new deal signed this month, TFSA will outsource commissions payment, some technical services and compliance audits, to name a few, to Paragem. TFSA chief executive Phil Aris stressed that the group's business ...

Planners set to Ignite the Difference

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... providing financial advice. Jo-Anne Bloch, FPA chief executive, said the conference provided a perfect balance between technical, motivational and social activities.

Fin advice satisfaction down

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... decreased slightly from 74.3 six months ago to 73.2 in June. As a whole, there was a decline in investors' perception of the technical ability of their planner. However there was an increase in satisfaction of planners' performance, trust and reliability ...

Planner To-Do list post Budget

... unveiled in last night's Budget could do well by starting their client reviews on three major changes singled out by technical advice experts from Challenger and MLC. Challenger's head of technical services Alex Denham said planners need to review recommendations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... from Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index down 0.34 per cent, the blue chip S&P500 index barely changed and the Nasdaq technical index up slightly. But resources stocks may receive a boost from strong base metal prices in London overnight. The lead ...

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... access website for its advisers. SynchronAdviser.net will allow advisers to download updated business growth tools, read technical and business articles, exchange ideas, review videos and podcasts and assess their skills via online surveys. "There will ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... about up-skilling through sharpening our educational curriculum might be missing one key detail - students don't like technical subjects and it's a major long term threat to our global productivity. A review just released by the Australian Mathematics ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... uneasy about the state of the markets. Speaking at the Securitor conference yesterday, Bryan Ashenden, Securitor head of technical consulting, said the paraplanning academy will offer a fast track education program for those who want to become paraplanners. ...

Prudential selects IMPACT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Prudential Asset Management has chosen Impact Investing's IMPACT software to improve its ability to manage equities and minimise risk. IMPACT is a desktop software product for portfolio managers that acts as an information base for performance data ...