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The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
Financial advisers must build the confidence to talk to clients about sensitive topics such as divorce, financial coercion, and binding financial agreements (BFAs) to help them navigate difficult periods and make a real difference in their lives. According ...

AI no silver bullet for advice process, documentation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
Financial advisers are increasingly looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their processes and documentation, but experts warn they must exercise a degree of caution and ensure that anything it produces complies with regulation. A whopping ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... failures. "I want to apologise to all those who've been affected. When we first became aware of the magnitude of this problem, [the board] set out to rectify this problem, and something like 80% of unresolved cases have now been dealt with," Swan ...

Performance the best member retention tool: Mine Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... money back to the membership," Nair said. "I think we significantly complicate what is essentially a single or fundamental problem to solve. "I would suggest leading with the drivers of performance and delivery of net benefit, which significantly outweigh ...

ASIC chair defends Chairman's Lounge memberships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... believes it to be appropriate to receive perks from a company that ASIC regulates, to which Longo said he didn't see a problem. "We don't consider membership of the lounge being a material impediment to the discharge of our duties," he said. Pocock went ...

Mutual Trust merges with CMS Private Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
Multi-family office Mutual Trust merged with CMS Private Advisory to meet an uptick in demand from South Australian clients. Based in Adelaide, CMS Private Advisory has been operating since 1997, servicing high-net-worth clients across South Australia ...

Trump tariffs cause for concern among Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... from above 5% in 2016 to less than 4% now, so may have less of an impact if we are targeted," Mullins said. "The larger problem comes from our trade with China. If China comes under pressure, Australia will be impacted through second order effects. This ...

US election: Global investors fear inflation boom

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... the knock-on effect they could have on inflation. Central banks around the world have been tackling the sticky inflation problem, but tariffs could drive the price of goods back up. GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller said the stickiness of US ...

Magellan warns of staggering sovereign debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... via cutting spending and raising taxes; defaulting; or financial repression via the printing of money "to inflate the problem away". The first option is politically unpalatable and appears unlikely, Di Marco and Pullen say. "The second option - default ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... Michele Bullock urged the government to get its spending under control, insinuating that it was adding to the inflation problem. "It's not just the federal government, it's the state governments as well," Bullock said. "The fact that we've had to revise ...