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Adviser tops the class for education excellence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... leader among financial advisers has been rewarded for his energy and commitment to ongoing adviser education at time when it's top of mind in the industry. Maxim Private Wealth's Michael Ward was presented the 2017 AFA Excellence in Education in Award ...

Intrust offers more premium reductions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... is such an outstanding outcome for our members," he said. During FY17, Intrust delivered a 12.15% return and placed in the top 10 of all MySuper balanced options.

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... sessions. Session on HR: Attract, train and retain staff with David Peake from i-Adapt and Ravi Agarwal from Mediq Financial share top tips on how to do the interview process, the red flags when it comes to screening out candidates and ways to retain ...

AMP improves adviser mental health training

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... customer-facing insurance staff, by offering it to all our staff and AMP advisers," Beer said. AMP reported mental health was the top claim condition for women and the second highest for men during 2016. Beer added: "It's crucial people impacted by mental ...

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... push towards meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of ensuring a global temperature rise this century of no more than 2A,C. On top of this, multiple coal-fired generators have closed in Australia over the past 10 years, raising concerns about diminishing ...

Proceedings filed against CBA in Federal Court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Blackburn national head of class actions Andrew Watson added: "Our investigations and analysis show that this drop was in the top one per cent of price movements that CBA experienced in the past five years, so clearly the news was of material significance ...

Link Fund Solutions wins first client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Australia's most respected small-cap fund managers. Our partnership with them reinforces Link Fund Solutions' reputation as a top tier service provider," Link Fund Solutions chief executive officer, Andrew Harrison said. QVG Capital portfolio manager ...

We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... firepower" as well as a longer time horizon over which to invest. Rainmaker Information shows in the 12 months to 30 June 2017, the top ranked MySuper single investment strategy was Hostplus with an annual return of 13%. The industry fund was awarded ...

Derivatives specialist opens Sydney office, appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Christopher Fix added: "Australia is central to CME Group's growth plans, being in the top five contributors of our revenues in the region, and we are excited to be able to bring our expertise and products here ...

Family-owned companies beating equity markets across all regions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... counterparts, "[governance] is not the only mechanism through which companies can generate superior cash flow returns." On top of this, Credit Suisse said, the concerns about succession risk in these businesses is generally overstated. "Our analysis ...