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Financial planning needs more women: FPA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... come as the FPA prepares for its Women in Wealth events, which it developed in association with Financial Executive Women (FEW) to promote mentoring opportunities for women, to support them in their career progression. The event heads to Adelaide for ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... health. It also removed the ability for Australians to transfer their pension to a retail superannuation plan, and left a few occupational, public sector and employer sponsored schemes in place, he said.

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Three months and a few days ago, the inclusion of China's A-shares into MSCI indexes got investors all excited. 1 June 2018 marked the day when Morgan Stanley Capital Index (MSCI) included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets ...

New accounting standards put pressure on life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... They are likely to face very significant challenges indeed if they do not begin to come to grips with the task in the coming few months," the report said. Hiring skilled people and securing the necessary budget have been major hurdles to make IFRS 17 ...

Freedom sold life insurance to intellectually disabled man: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... family; selling him final expenses cover he terms "a very special offer." Throughout the call the man responds in no more than a few words, taking time to respond and seemingly failing to understand the purpose of the conversation. The sales agent tells ...

Philanthropic forces shift asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... despite raising a lot of money, philanthropy is 3% of universities' income mix. The firm's view is that volunteering peaked a few years ago. Time pressures and the difficulty in volunteering has seen it start to decline, McLeod said. He noted the US ...

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... state hasn't had its challenges. For Byfield Wealth's Phil Alvaro, WA's frost of about two years ago came with a few career lessons. About 120 of his firm's clients are either wage agricultural workers or farm owners. Many of them are ...

Stale boys club lingers on: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... little more than noise. "'Stale, male and pale' remains an apt description for the industry's senior leaders; a few role models does not make for success. In my view, the 'diversity debate' has been captured by those that pay lip ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... commissions. Between 30%-60% of profitability is earned from grandfathered commissions, one-in-five (26%) advisers said. Only a few (13%) earn more than 60% of income from grandfathered commissions.

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... 2013 and 2015, Australian markets' reactions have varied widely. In 2010, both equities and currency recovered within a few months. However, in 2015, equities trended down over six months while currency ended the year higher.