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Advice dealer group expands network

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
A financial advice dealer group is continuing its growth strategy with the addition of a Melbourne-based practice to its national network. Joining under the Elders Financial Planning banner is Saltbush Financial Services. It is headed by financial planner ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
If you want to understand the US and global economies and where they're going, you've got to think outside the box because sometimes the most obvious realities are the hardest to see. That was the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... you're going to have to be a part of an association with an approved code going forward, so I think this puts the FPA in the box seat," he said. "It's a long-term goal, but our code is a pretty big sign of professionalism and there's a lot of accountability ...

Investors driving impact demand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... Managers will be launching its AXA IM Women's Fund globally in 2017. The fund will invest in companies that are not simply box tickers when it comes to gender diversity but those that have diverse board representation, have a strong pipeline for women ...

Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... falls under the threshold for compulsory contributions eligibility; highlighting the need for employers to think outside the box when seeking means of attracting and retaining employees. "In this environment, superannuation isn't just a cost. Employees ...

IRESS appoints retirement incomes chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
IRESS has appointed a new retirement incomes chair. David Orford takes on the role having been chair of Financial Synergy, whose acquisition by IRESS was completed on October 31. Orford founded Financial Synergy in 1976, having previously been an actuary ...

Cbus partners for phone-based advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Cbus has partnered with a leading digital advice firm to create a new "advice over the phone" service. Midwinter will deliver the service from October 31; the company is currently rolling out its cloud-based advice platform, AdviceOS, for Cbus to use ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... backlog of more than 250,000 Australian households on social housing waiting lists and there is a need to think outside the box to make serious inroads, ISA said.

Super fund investment transparency can improve

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... their money is supporting environmentally destructive companies because our compulsory superannuation is an investment black box." He added that although the reporting of carbon intensity is a relatively recent development it is only disclosed by a small ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
As the country head of global fund manager, Standard Life Investments' Simone Bouch knows a thing or two about the importance of investment performance. But if she'd followed through on her childhood ambition the focus would be performance of a somewhat ...