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Kearns steps down as Centric Wealth CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Phil Kearns has announced he will step down as chief executive of advice group Centric Wealth two months after the company was acquired by fellow non-aligned advice group Findex Australia. Kearns, who joined Centric in June 2011, will be replaced by ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower as further falls in iron ore prices hit the mining sector. At 1015 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.7 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,394.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Superannuation advocates have urged the federal government not to rush any changes to the age at which people can access their retirement savings. Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their ...

AMG Universal Super rebrands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Superannuation investment platform AMG Universal Super has announced it will rebrand, becoming simply 'AMG Super'. The rebrand, which will come into effect on 1 June 2014, includes a new logo and website. AMG Super general manager Alan Hegerty said ...

When Maslow's Theory and Marketing Collide

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." - Peter Drucker, father of modern management and marketing If marketing is so important to a business, why is it often the first thing cut when times are tough? Why chop one of two things ...

FPA campaigns for a separation of product and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has asked the government to create "a surgical cut" between product sales and financial advice. The campaign promotes the inclusion of SoPA -or separation of product and advice- into FoFA -or the Future of Financial ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

Voting opens for the 2014 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Voting is now open for the MAX Awards, which are the refreshed and rebranded Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Excellence Awards. This year, as part of the rebrand, there are new categories including Best Social Media Campaign, Best Integrated Campaign ...

UK star manager announces launch date for new fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Neil Woodford, one of the UK's best known fund managers, has announced a 2 June launch date for the first fund under his new independent banner, Woodford Investment Management. Woodford left his role as head of equity at Invesco Perpetual in April where ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has expressed concern that the ban on conflicted remuneration will affect corporate superannuation advisers and has asked the Senate inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) to find a way to solve the issue. The bank ...