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FPA and AFA merger unlikely: De Gori

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A merger between the FPA and the AFA certainly has its merits, but could incur greater division within the financial advice landscape. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said he often ...

Make advice go viral

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Financial planning practices should be more engaged with social media in order to spread the benefits of financial advice and build consumer trust. The pressure on businesses to have a digital presence is ever increasing, with the societal expectation ...

Future of advice is bionic, not robo

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
The future of financial advice will not be dominated by robo advisers but instead will be bionic, empowered by continual improvements to technology. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Colonial First State general manager products and investments ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... super fund member interest best aligns to deliver these projects is the bigger question. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver told the forum that industry super's story should resonate politically but there's a constant battle ...

Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
The misalignment of investor and adviser expectations is one of the greatest threats facing financial advisers around the world, according to research from Natixis Global Asset Management. Comparison between the Natixis Individual Investor Survey and ...

Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
While big data presents a boon for insurers doing customer risk analysis, the benefits will have to be weighed against ongoing user privacy and discrimination issues. This is one of the key findings of the Actuaries Institutes' latest green paper, which ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Cbus has been working with Willis Towers Watson to assess how effectively the fund is doing their primary job: preparing members for retirement. The $34 billion industry super fund has worked with the consultant in the development of a Retirement Income ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
I guess it's safe to say that Trump has got all - or nearly most of us - stumped, including Trump. "Donald Trump never actually wanted to be President of the United States", according to documentary filmmaker and author Michael Moore. In hindsight ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Demand for impact investing is expected to rapidly increase as a growing number of retail and institutional investors search for investments that provide both monetary and social returns. In the last five years there have been 96 reported impact investments ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Be careful what you wish for... No Virginia, except for Putin, the majority of world leaders didn't wish for Trump. So far away from Good Friday, they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January ...