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Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... "murder tactic"; spending too much time perfecting a document instead of innovating your advice model was, he argued, a sure-fire way to destroy your practice. He added that CPD points alone are not "good enough" to create a skilled adviser: "If you ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank has released an update on the ongoing independent review into its life insurance division CommInsure, following further accusations of misconduct. The review findings show the bank has retrieved and revised over five million documents ...

BetaShares launches cybersecurity ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
BetaShares has launched an exchange-traded fund targeted at the cybersecurity sector. The BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF (ASX code: HACK) targets larger, established companies such as Symantec and Cisco, as well as fast-growing firms like recent ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... like December And all you saw were cloudy days..." - September Gospel musician Kirk Franklin's reprisal of 'Earth, Wind & Fire's' classic September could become a hit come the "twenty-first night of September" should re-emergent concerns over central ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has fired back at Life Insurance Customer Group member Mark Dunsford who claims the reforms contained in the Life Insurance Framework are designed purely to benefit life companies and banks. In ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Inflation crashes to 1pct The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in the June quarter 2016, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. This follows a fall of 0.2% in the March quarter 2016. Annual inflation is now just 1.0% ...

First State Super confirms firefighter academy investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Investment from First State Super is helping to build a world class training facility for Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW). Launched by NSW Minister for Emergency Services, David Elliott and FRNSW commissioner Greg Mullins, the Fire & Rescue NSW Academy is ...

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Strip infrastructure and private equity out of superannuation funds' alternatives investments and the asset class struggles to deliver its current growth-like returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... fourth-most-significant factor for UK pensions when hiring managers. They are mid-pack (sixth of 11) when it comes to reasons to fire managers. "Fees are not insignificant in institutions' decision-making, but nor are they paramount," Justina Deveikyte ...