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AFA recognises outstanding advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... between the AFA and Zurich, and is regarded as one of Australia's most prestigious awards for financial advisers. In its third year, the AFA Practice of the Year Award, which is also a joint AFA/Zurich initiative, is the foremost award for financial ...

Morgan Stanley chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... one of the country's largest retail adviser networks and the company's institutional equities team is now the country's third largest broker by market share.

Yale returns 3.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... it paid out in distributions to Yale University. YEF is one of Yale University's major revenue sources accounting for one third of its budget. "Endowment distributions to the operating budget have nearly doubled in the last decade, with an annualized ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... consumers, the highest proportion (30%) felt a life insurance code would be the most effective. Remuneration changes was third with 12%, while 10% felt the LIF would not have any impact at all. Advisers also overwhelmingly said life insurers can come ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... from the December 2015 quarter's reading of 12. Sentiment among large non-manufacturers eased to a reading of 18 in the third quarter from 19 in the June quarter. This index had been in constant decline since the 25 reading in the December quarter of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... September from 51.7 in August (flash at 52.6) confirmed the acceleration in factory activity in the single currency area in the third quarter of this year. This was the highest reading in three months that was driven by improvements in output, new orders ...

Budgets with more super tinkering are possible

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... states so there would be offsets but if you want to make a big difference, GST would be the first one," Evans said. The third major lever the government could pull is around capital gains tax. Evans said it was introduced in the Costello years after ...

Super fund investment transparency can improve

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... 64% of Australians believe their super fund should be proactively reducing its exposure to fossil fuel investments and a third would be prepared to switch funds if their own were found to be investing in coal or coal seam gas extraction. The views on ...

Survey reveals little faith in bank advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... which evaluates how customers interact with banks now and how they expect to in the future. This places them within the top third of markets surveyed and above global average of 75.1 and the developed market average of 76.6. Colwell says while banking ...

Engage tech, engage clients: report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Asset managers need to prioritise their digital and social media presences as a means of improving client engagement. According to a report published by global research house Cerulli Associates, titled 'European Marketing and Sales Organisations 2016 ...