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FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... causing some in the industry to question the future of group insurance through superannuation. James Fernyhough and Laura Millan report. At an event in Sydney recently, AustralianSuper's insurance product manager Richard Weatherhead01 made an alarming ...

PROFILE: Lonsec Fiscal Holdings joint chief executive Amanda Gillespie

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... group. For the last 14 years, Gillespie has seen Lonsec grow and become one of Australia's major research houses. Laura Millan reports. "It was a very different business then," Gillespie remembers. "There was a much smaller team and a much smaller market ...

The pathway to professionalism

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... already holding the right qualifications it will be business as usual, but for those who need to do some studying, Laura Millan has come up with a guide to help you navigate through certifications, designations, CPD, courses and masters. On July 14 ...

FEATURE: Big data and financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... Australia's financial services industry is at the forefront of this trend. In many others, there is still much work to do, Laura Millan writes. Big data is the new buzzword in financial services. Suddenly, business gurus are talking with enthusiasm about ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... years in financial services and, most recently, as AMP self-managed super fund (SMSF) business' managing director, Laura Millan reports. Fenech learnt the most valuable lesson of her career shortly after finishing her Bachelor of Economics and Mathematics ...

PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... professional basketball player. But the financial services industry drew his interest and became his passion, he tells Laura Millan. Today, Davis is chief executive at Australian Unity Personal Financial Services. The company's recent bid to acquire ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... become even more necessary, particularly as more Australians consider their and their families' aged care needs, Laura Millan writes. Aged care is arguably the most complex area in Australia's wealth management sector. Specialist aged care advisers need ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... ago. Since then, a number of mandates, appointments and new strategies have kept the company and its CEO busy. By Laura Millan. Over the past 25 years, Crafter has climbed the steps of the financial services ladder one by one, learning new skills in ...

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 ...

PROFILE: netwealth head of advice Simon Micallef

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... Micallef, and he has been moving swimmingly from one to another. But despite his love of the worldA game, he admits to Laura Millan that Australia will get its financial services right first, before it wins the World Cup. The son of a Maltese family ...