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Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... survey also revealed that acting ethically with integrity in intellectual, professional and community pursuits was the highest rated attribute of the financial adviser of the future, with an average ranking score of 9.9 out of 10. This was followed by ...

Life insurers must be more transparent: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... made a trauma or TPD claim, there satisfaction was slightly higher at 84% across all participating companies, with the highest performing company scoring 90% on overall satisfaction and a NPS of 65. "We encourage all life insurance companies to participate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... April from 99.1 in the previous month. While a tad lower than expectations for a 100.6 print, the latest reading is the highest since November last year and halted the decline of the past two months. The coincident index - a measure of current economic ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the highest in four years - in May after dipping by 0.6% in the previous month. Jobs advertised on the internet went up by 2.6% in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... from 50.8 in April. Market expectations were for a 50.4 reading. Supplier deliveries increased by 5 points to 54.1 - the highest since December 2014. China manufacturing PMI China' s official manufacturing PMI came in at a reading of 50.1 in May, unchanged ...

SMSF accountants seek investment product knowledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... last 12 months, according to Investment Trends. Cloud-based solutions Class Super and BGL Simple Fund 360 were rated the highest in terms of overall user satisfaction. "One in four accountants intend to start using a new SMSF software provider in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... building approvals increased by 3.0% in the month of April - the third straight monthly increase - to 20,243 units - the highest since October last year. This compares with market expectations for a 3.0% fall and follows monthly gains of 2.9% in both ...

HUB24 FUA up 84pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... follows three quarters of strong gross inflows for HUB24 in the 2016 financial year, with the platform having the sixth highest net inflows across the industry in Australia. Growth is spread across both the company's retail platform offering, accounting ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... super system has competitive fee rates. In addition, the Deloitte research shows Australian super funds deliver the third highest returns to consumers of the countries surveyed in the study. "There is a strong body of evidence to show that superannuation ...

Group risk premium inflows up 6.9%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... least some increase in business. Among the market leaders, AIA (17.1%), BT / Westpac (8.3%) and TAL (7.4%) experienced the highest percentage increases in their Inflows year on year.