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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Australia business confidence The latest NAB monthly business survey's business confidence index came in at +6 in September, unchanged from August and is consistent with its +6 long-term average. The business conditions index rose to +8 in September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
US durable goods orders The latest update on total new durable goods orders could easily be taken as a positive for, despite a flat (0% growth) outcome in August from July, this was better than market expectations for a 1.9% decline and could be attributed ...

Clock ticks for institutional advice licensees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
A dealer group executive believes the clock is ticking for advisers at institutional licensees as another bank-owned advice service announced it was exiting the industry this week. Following news that Bankwest would be closing its salaried advice division ...

Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Financial advice professionals can improve the already enormous role they can play in alleviating the emotional stress and administrative burden of helping people into managed aged care by forming relationships directly with care facilities in their ...

Advisers need to control the finance food chain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
The food chain of financial advice has long been the wrong way around and needs to change, says Implemented Portfolios' co-founder and chief executive of strategic development Santi Burridge. Speaking at the recent Financial Standard Managed Accounts ...

Link seeks admin margin improvement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
Link Group says it is on track to migrate AustralianSuper's administration services from Superpartners by year's end, completing the last significant client migration in a two-year integration program. During the past financial year Link Group successfully ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
The Productivity Commission says competition among Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system "is not an end in itself" to assure efficiency. In releasing its proposed framework to assess super's efficiency and competitiveness the Commission has ...

Focus on older men will kill financial planning

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
The over-representation of over-50 men in financial advice spells doom for the industry, according to Affinia head Marcus O'Sullivan. Commenting on a panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, O'Sullivan said the severe lack of diversity in ...

Malaysia drives growth in Shariah funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Support for Shariah-compliant investment funds in Asia is on the rise, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, but the sector still face challenges, according to global research house Cerulli Associates. Shariah finance principles forbid the acceptance ...

Managers must give investors more access: AMP

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Fund managers must be more open to providing end investors with greater access to global investment products, according to AMP Capital director, Australia and New Zealand, Craig Keary. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Keary said AMP Capital's ...