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Australian among most influential investment consultants

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... the second year running Frontier Advisors' director of consulting, Fiona Trafford-Walker, has been named among the world's top five "most influential investment consultants". In the annual list compiled by Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Magazine, Trafford-Walker ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... falling sales - although DEXX&R's previous report did note the March quarter is "traditionally the slowest", sales-wise. The top 10 companies in the research all reported an increase in sales during the June quarter; five of them reported an increase ...

Industry funds challenged by lack of in-house advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... much higher for advisers working for industry super funds. Tria found that the average number of members per planner for the top 5 industry funds is 36,810. "While this ignores supportive IFA networks, it does give a sense of the advice gap between industry ...

Chief executive departs mine industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... values. Thanks to his focus, members continually advocate on behalf of the fund, while staff have voted the organisation as a 'Top 50 Great Place to Work in Australia' every year for the last seven years," Kelly said.

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The continuing message for Australians to seek financial advice on their savings, be it retirement or otherwise, could not be more clear. Australian comparison site finder.com.au has released statistics from an annual survey known as the Money Savvy ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... platform providers Praemium, Hub24, Linear, OneVue, ManagedAccounts.com.au, SS&C or whether they have added the functionality on top of their investment wrap platforms. While much is made of the power managed accounts have to 'platformise' direct equity ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among their respective businesses. The figure was lower among the top 300 listed companies (ASX 300) with 32% recording a culture of innovation among their respective businesses. NAB surveyed 2000 ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... Foremost, they introduced a breadth of technological expertise that allowed Bennett and her team to expand their scope from the top 50 listed Australian companies to, eventually, the top 300. "Glass Lewis was a very technology-driven company," Bennett ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle brings new faces and a new structure to the government's top economy, finance and business ministries. Social Services Minister Scott Morrison was appointed Treasurer, while Finance Minister Mathias ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
An increasing downward pressure and competition on superannuation fees may force super funds to become more passive in their investment strategies and potentially impair members' retirement savings. REST Industry Super chair Ken Marshman expressed this ...