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2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
A correction is looming... and soon! Right on schedule Virginia, we're again hearing calls for a dip, a fall, a stumble, a correction on Wall Street straight after both the S&P 500's and the Dow's climb to fresh record highs last week, yet again. How ...

Ripoll labels Cormann's FoFA changes "a stunt"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
"What a stunt" was Labor MP Bernie Ripoll's first reaction to the government's announcement that it will ban commissions on general advice. "Commissions have already been banned. By Labor," Ripoll said on Twitter. "Liberals say they will ban commissions ...

Westfield restructure gets green light, UniSuper to retain holding

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
UniSuper has no plans to ditch its 8.5% holding Westfield Retail Trust (WRT), despite Westfield's controversial $70 billion restructure getting the green light. The shopping centre giant will go ahead with the restructure after it secured enough shareholder ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Financial advice associations and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have applauded the "historic" ban on commissions in general advice and welcomed the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law. "We are extraordinarily pleased ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
With longevity, inflation and market risk remaining critical for many Australians, Laura Millan looks at how advisers and product providers can join forces to come up with the best strategies to meet retirees needs. Treasurer Joe Hockey's 2014-15 budget ...

Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Online financial supermarkets akin to Amazon are the future of financial services distribution, according to YBR Funds Management's Christopher Joye. Speaking at the Financial Standard MAX forum in Sydney yesterday, Joye said there was a surprisingly ...

MetLife head of retirement products departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
MetLife's head of retirement products Ashvin Arora has left MetLife after the retirement product he designed, MetLife Max, was discontinued after just two months. MetLife confirmed that Arora had left, but gave no reason for his sudden departure. A ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
First State Super, ING Direct and La Trobe Financial received the top awards at the Financial Standard MAX Forum, which took place yesterday in Sydney. The MAX Awards recognise thought leaders and innovators in sales and marketing within the financial ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Who said you can't teach new tricks to an old dog? So sowee, I'm not in any way calling dear Aunt Janet Yellen a dog and most certainly not old... it's just that it's the first thing that came to my fast thinning scalp when I was clicking over what ...