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Advisers require entrepreneurial hat

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... focus on the bigger picture of running a small company - from marketing, client attraction and human resources to the overall business strategy. "Part of what helped me do that was a leadership training program I invested - both time and money - and ...

CountPlus appoints CFO after executive search

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Another member firm, Total Financial Solutions, also sold a 30% stake in Nixon Advisory to the latter's founder, Bob Nixon. Overall, these transactions contributed $2.09 million, which forms part of the $8.2 million realised from divestments in firms ...

Gender pay gap widespread in financial services: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... education and training sectors, which have a larger proportion of women in managerial roles of 70.3% and 51.2% respectively. Overall the representation of women is clearly absent in executive or chief executive roles with only 16.5% holding the top spot. ...

HESTA announces life insurance facelift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... the financial resilience of members by supporting them to stay connected with their networks as this is proven to aid overall wellbeing and recovery." Other enhancements to HESTA's insurance offering include: A 12% increase in the monthly income protection ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... to reduce their debt burdens before consumers even think of lifting spending. Without a pick-up in consumer spending, overall economic growth would remain stuck in the slow lane at best. Worse, unlike the saying "a penny saved is a penny earned", a consumers' ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... employed in Australia, implying that their healthier wage increases wouldn't be sufficient to lift spending and inflation overall. The latest update on Australia's job market certainly offers no help with total employment growing by just 3,700 in October ...

Boutique wealth firm names new COO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... from Enhance Group, a Jersey-based investment consultancy firm he co-founded in 2005. There he was responsible for its overall operations, helping to grow to £20 billion ($34.5bn) in assets under administration. Among its services, Enhance provides ...

Greater tech support needed for goals-based advice strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... only about 20% of the conversation," she said. "Our investment approach has a lot less risk involved as well, so I think overall it's just a better business. We're talking to our clients in a way and with an underlying philosophy that we actually believe ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... industrial firms posted faster profit growth in the first three quarters, contributing to the 6.9% growth rate of the overall economy during the period. Industrial companies with annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan ($3 million) reported profits ...

Xero consolidates stock exchange listings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... announced it has established a $100 million stand-by debt facility with ANZ and the Bank of New Zealand to improve its overall liquidity position. There are no current plans to draw down on the facility, Xero said. "Our team's disciplined execution of ...