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Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." -Dusty Springfield Yes Virginia, the more things change... Here we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

AIA renews commitment with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
AIA Australia has renewed its partnership with Mental Health Foundation SuperFriend for five more years. SuperFriend is a national initiative that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of "all profit to member" superannuation fund members ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
It's a deal! Well, er, not quite. He huffed and he puffed and he beat his chest. In the end, Greek PM Tsipras got his cake... on his face! Tsipras urged the Greeks to do what he say -- vote "Oxi" to the reforms for bail out conditions proposed by its ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Australians are paying attention to the superannuation conversation with new data showing super members are switching funds at a level not seen since 2010. Eleven per cent of super members switched funds last year, up from 9% in 2013. About 5% are intending ...

Australian Ethical to list on mFunds platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
Australian Ethical Investment has lowered the minimum investment amount for its retail funds and will soon list many of its products on the ASX mFunds A platform. Among a raft of changes, Australian Ethical has also expanded its product suite by launching ...

David Koch joins forces with Adviser Ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Sunrise co-host David Koch has become a shareholder in financial adviser review service Adviser Ratings. The Adviser Ratings platform lets consumers search, compare and review their financial advisers, and was recently revamped to make use of the data ...

Australian Unity to acquire estate planning firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Australian Unity Personal Financial Services will acquire estate planning firm Flinders Australia. As per the agreement, the acquisition will complete on July 1 and will give Australian Unity access to Flinders' estate planning, executor and trust administration ...

Investors concerned smart beta lacks transparency

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Investors fear that smart beta indices lack full transparency on methodology and risk analytics, global research found. "Respondents appear to have major concerns about the quality of these products," the EDHEC-Risk Institute 'Investor Interest in and ...