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ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has pulled no punches in its latest multi-platform advertising campaign which emphasises the controversial sales culture within banks. The ads will be released today across television, print, digital and outdoor sites ...

MDAs allow small players to act as large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The technology behind managed discretionary accounts (MDA) allows small investment players to act as if they had the scale of the industry's large institutions, SS&C Technologies head of Australia and New Zealand Nadine Moore said. Speaking at the inaugural ...

Netwealth overhauls adviser technology

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
Financial planning group netwealth Advice has completed the stage one build of its overhaul of its technology program. Over the last nine months the group has been improving its Model Office program through its Pathway Licensee Services business. According ...

NAB gives advisers 3 years to meet tougher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) and MLC financial planners have three years to meet the new education standards, which require advisers to hold tertiary qualifications. NAB/MLC has been the latest to join the wave of Australian large financial institutions ...

IOOF reports record growth

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
Financial services company IOOF has reported double digit growth in its underlying net profit after tax (UNPAT), reporting a result of $123 million for the full year ending 30 June. UNPAT was up a record 13%, while net profit after tax (NPAT) was $101.3 ...

Greens slam CBA executives pay rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
Top Commonwealth Bank (CBA) executives should have frozen their salaries or even taken a pay cut while the compensation process for thousands of victims of poor financial advice remains ongoing, Greens Senator Peter Wish-Wilson said. "It is not a good ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
"As we travel down the road, side by side we'll share the load Hand in hand we'll see each other through." -- Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has allocated nearly 70% of the $60 million raised for its Alternatives Access Fund into a range of alternative assets including private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, a hedge fund and private real ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing German economic data and ahead of Wednesday's report on US retail sales. At 0804 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up four ...

More data leads to more bad decisions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The human brain is biologically incapable of processing the reams of data it receives, and the more data we try to process without help, the more bad decision we will make. That was the message of evolutionary biologist Rebecca Costa's speech that closed ...