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David Rae wins Count Adviser of the Year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Beames and Associates Financial Services director David Rae was the winner of Count Financial's first Adviser of the Year award. The award recognises advice excellence, good client outcomes and a commitment to best practice and professional development. ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
CFA Societies in Australia and New Zealand have launched an initiative to encourage investors to assert their rights and demand higher standards of ethical conduct from the financial services industry and finance professionals. Investor First Week in ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) said that research houses' conflicts of interest when rating products are one of the reasons behind the failure of some funds. In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
Global insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields, according to the third annual Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey of the sector. Through independent third party research firm, KRC Research, GSAM surveyed 233 senior insurance ...

Stakeholders stage FoFA confrontation in Senate submissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
A new round of submissions to the Senate inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments has seen consumers, academics and industry bodies holding increasingly opposing positions. Most stakeholders focused on the most controversial topics ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... law. "Statistics highlight that legislators are being behind when it comes to financial planning becoming a respected profession," Rantall said, and argued that only six of the 86 financial planners banned by ASIC in the past five years held the Certified ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Almost 70% of people aged between 35 and 55 do not think they would have benefitted from professional financial advice, a survey conducted by REST Industry Super has found. When asked the question, 'If you received any/more professional advice, do you ...

FPA creates Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... Lady of financial planning'. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall says it "honours and perpetuates Gwen's service to the profession and, by extension, the financial wellbeing of all Australians." The first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award will be announced on ...

Perpetual appoints senior JANA investment exec

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Perpetual Investments has appointed a long-standing JANA exec head of diversified strategies. Michael O'Dea is currently the head of investment and implemented consulting at JANA and will join Perpetual Investments in late May. He has spent 13 years ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Hakes said investment in education is the key to encouraging more Australians to seek quality financial advice. "As a profession we need to embrace professional development as a way to demonstrate our credibility and expertise to a wider audience," he ...