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Downsizing measures present advice opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Financial planners will have an easier time preparing for and sustaining clients throughout retirement thanks to new measures for retirees wishing to downsize the family home. It also presents a number of advice opportunities. The Federal Budget proposes ...

CFA considers AI, robo-advice in exams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute believes artificial intelligence, fintech and robo-advice will have the greatest impact on the financial services industry - to the extent it is considering including such topics in its examinations. An overwhelming majority (70%) ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Boom conditions but waning confidence. This is the message from the latest NAB Business Survey report. The NAB's business conditions index soared by points to a reading of +14 in March, more than reversing the 3-point decline in the previous month. ...

Managed accounts continue rapid surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The managed accounts sector now equates to about 7% of the $600 billion in funds under administration across platforms and wraps in Australia. That is the key finding of the Institute of Managed Account Professionals' (IMAP) latest Managed Accounts ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Markets received their regular does of adrenalin again yesterday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest stats on the country's labour market. The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment dropped by 6,400 in February ...

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Real estate agents who provide financial advice around property investment can now undertake a new training course as part of a wider strategy to professionalise the industry. The new RG146 Advice in Real Estate Course has been made available through ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is taking Westpac to the Federal Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess ...

IMAP ensuring greater representation for MDAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Ahead of new regulatory requirements the Institute of Managed Account Professionals will establish a sub-committee to represent the interests of managed discretionary account providers. Commencing in March, the MDA Providers Forum will be an invitation-only ...

Magellan COO departs for family office job

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Magellan Financial Group's chief operating officer, one of the firm's first employees, left the firm in January. Nerida Campbell joined Magellan in 2006. She has also been Magellan's chief financial officer, company secretary and director. Before Magellan ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The world of financial markets and tea-leaves reading would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one month and disappoint ...