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Stakeholders form retirement panel to assist advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Industry stakeholders have formed a Panel for Retirement that will assist advisers in meeting the investment needs of their clients through white papers and research. The panel is formed by Lonsec Research, Milliman, BT Investment Management, Colonial ...

Advisers need to overcome financial planning stigma

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The industry needs to face the fact that people trust their own financial planner, but they don't have confidence in financial planning as a general concept. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FSPB) United States chief executive Noel Maye said ...

In search of more female advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
There are too few female financial advisers and the AFA national conference is canvassing ways to do something about it. The first step was recognising that there aren't enough women working in the financial services industry and, especially, in financial ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Sovereign Wealth Funds across the globe have added $750 billion to their total assets under management over the last year to reach $5.38 trillion, according to new research from Preqin. The growth, which was attributed to the launch of a number of new ...

BT launches women adviser network group

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
BT Financial has launched Stella Network, an initiative to support women advisers and to encourage more women to pursue a financial planning career. The Stella Network will hold its first networking event tonight and it also intends to support workshops ...

Zurich adds income replacement product, increases platform presence

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
Zurich has completed its suite of superannuation- based risk options with the launch of a superannuation income replacement product. Further cementing its presence on platforms the product will be available on netwealth and RetireRight. Zurich is also ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors concerned about a bubble forming in the residential property sector can still find plenty of attractively valued assets to invest in the broader commercial property sector, according to Charter Hall head of direct ...

No news, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
It must be another nothing to write home about day. You know it is when the headlines are headlining silly rationales. Wall Street's up because? Wall Streeters suddenly developed collective amnesia and forgot the Mexican standoff over America's budget ...

EQT outsources custody business to State Street

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has outsourced its custody and administration to State Street a week after The Trust Company refused its buyout offer. EQT's bid to acquire The Trust Company has severely affected its full year results and the company reported ...

AMP's Hillross grows network with 'relaxed' branding

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013