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MLC claims "first mover" on "fee for service"

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
NAB/MLC have announced that their high-end financial planning group, Godfrey Pembroke, will mandate that all planners be remunerated purely by fee for service, believing it is a "first move" for a major player in the industry that has become caught ...

Accountants need to be accountable too

Accountancy firm accountantsRus is urging people to assess their own accountant every five years if they want to get the best service. "Like with most relationships, they [accountants] can simply become complacent and not put the same amount of time ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker despite yesterday's rapid fall as a sea of red across global equity markets overnight suggest a continuation of the selling that hit the domestic bourse yesterday afternoon. Yesterday the investors ...

Budget reforms exacerbate risks for Gen L: Asteron

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Financial planning group Asteron is commissioning a study on what it says is the biggest gap in the recent Budget - how Gen-L who are already in retirement will outlive their superannutaion savings. Asteron head of technical services sales and marketing ...

Self-congratulatory advisers still ignoring lower end market

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
Advisers were giving themselves a pat on the back yesterday over newly commissioned research that showed consumers were satisfied with their level of advice, but many consumers say they are still left wanting for broader advice at the lower end of the ...

Morgan Stanley steps up local game

Short of using a brass band and a bugle horn, global giant Morgan Stanley Investment Management plans an aggressive push locally and is due to launch a series of funds, including Australian equities, while also hitting the recruitment trail. For an ...

Consumers more than happy with advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
Recent research has highlighted a divide between much reported negative perceptions of the industry and actual consumer experiences. ING engaged AC Nielsen to survey over 1,000 consumers and advisers around issues of perception of advice. The survey ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate target steady at 5.75 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. Financial markets widely expected the move this time, unlike the controversial 25 basis point hike announced last month. ...

Profit sharing a win-win for AFS

Advisory group Australian Financial Services (AFS) is growing at a rate of at least 20 practices a year thanks to its highly successful profit sharing model. The Melbourne-based firm has signed up 13 practices since the beginning of the year and AFS ...

Govt will not ban commissions: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Government will not step in and ban commission-based remuneration, said the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, who urged the advisory industry to sort it out among themselves. Speaking at an Investment and Financial Services ...