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Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Latest research from SuperFriend shows about half of financial services employees face ongoing stress at work. According to the mental health organisation's annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, 47% of financial services employees are ...

IMAP to recognise managed accounts excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals has named the finalists for its 2018 Managed Account Awards. The awards recognise operators in the managed accounts space covering both single-sector asset classes and multi-asset class offerings, comprising ...

Statements of Advice: Out with the old

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
Compliance requirements for financial advisers are on the rise and practices clinging to ancient technology will need to use their imagination and embrace change in order to keep up. Discussing the value of technology at a recent Advice Intelligence ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Australians all, let us rejoice! Our economy is in pole position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter, accelerating from the 2.4% in the previous ...

Poor SoAs hindering advice process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
There is growing concern that a lack of clear and consistent templates for Statement of Advice documents is potentially causing financial advice clients to sign off on advice they don't actually understand. Paraplanning services provider YTML has seen ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
The Federal Government last night promised to inject $24.5 billion into new infrastructure projects, a move which could create opportunities for infrastructure investors and managers in the future. In his Budget speech, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Turnbull Government's initial resistance to the Royal Commission was targeted by social media this week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the criticism was leveled by Labor and Greens politicians - although the former Deputy Prime Minister also expressed ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...

Managed accounts climb to $57bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
The managed accounts sector climbed 46% last year to reach $57 billion by December 2017, according to the latest Institute of Managed Account Professionals market census. The results show that managed accounts are growing three times faster than other ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Toto, we're still in Kansas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy grew by 2.4% in the year to the December quarter - a tad slower than the 2.5% annual growth rate recorded in the same quarter of last ...