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Clients prefer good reputation, knowledge over low fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... selecting a financial adviser are good reputation (9.4% of respondents), knowledge and expertise (9.4%) and the fact that friends or family have recommended the adviser (8.9%). Only 4.3% thought that affordable or low fees are key when choosing an adviser. ...

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... really complicated set of protocols and legislation and put it into regulation on a weekend the day their promised their friends in the financial services industry that it would not go through," he said, referring to the government's move to table the ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... voted against and 31 in favour. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said during the Senate's afternoon session that "our friends at the Palmer United Party came to us with some positive suggestions, that's the way to legislate." To secure the PUP support ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... (ASIO). But that plan was soon cast aside following Franc's graduation in the early nineties. Despite the recession, several friends who had finished university a year or two ahead were brimming with excitement about the growth potential they saw in ...

Former finance broker convicted for fraud

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... Wales, admitted to using the identities of former clients to defraud a finance company to purchase two cars, sell them to friends and keep the cash from the sale. The fraud happened in July and August 2012 when Shiraz worked as a business manager with ...

When Maslow's Theory and Marketing Collide

... Again, using the Coke example, the 'share a Coke with a friend' campaign (where you bought a can of cola with your or your friends' name on it) was successful because it worked at the connection level - and made people feel good. So before rushing to ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... & Business Members' and 'Private Patrons' get access to a 'private VIP boardroom function', and all become members of 'Friends of Joe'. What either of these involve is not specified. Membership fees range from $5,500, $11,000, and $22,000. Currently ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... less than one per cent received professional financial advice when they were younger, instead relying on their parents, friends or their own judgements to navigate their finances."

Auction items for FICAP announced

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Financial Group said: "When we first started this event more than eight years ago, we had to pull in favours from our friends in the industry to support the event. Now that the event is firmly entrenched on the calendar of the Sydney financial services ...