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CFS snares Macq exec to head Bankwest Fin Advice

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Colonial First State (CFS) has recruited a new senior executive from Macquarie private wealth for its Bankwest financial advice business. CFS has appointed Cassandra Hinze to the position of head of Bankwest Financial Advice (BWFA). Hinze joins Colonial ...

Zurich kit connects advisers to new clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... advisers to tap into this rural resource and access medical professionals that in the past may have not considered financial advice, meaning that online contact is now gaining even greater importance. "In the era of hot desking, wireless working and ...

ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... that "catch up" contributions are allowed. The report also recommended incentives should be provided to seek out financial advice for retirement planning. The principles report comes at a time when superannuation as an industry came under a series of ...

Equipsuper unveils fin plng campaign

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... Planning launched a "be yourself" communications campaign last week encouraging members to seek professional financial advice - with one in four members requesting follow-up from planners as a result of the initiative. The campaign is designed to position ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
More than 90 per cent of SMSF advisers support raising competency levels through the proposed Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 ...

More million dollar members for MDRT

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... be leaving the position with incoming Australian chair to be John Campbell. Farrell has over 25 years in the financial advice sector and believes the greatest challenge facing financial advisors today is the rate of change being forced on financial advisors. ...

AFA launches FOFA Working Group

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) Working Group. "We believe the Working Group will lead the way in informing the Government on the real impact of reform on consumers, advisers, the financial ...

Snowball stays on track

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... fundamentally changed, therefore, we need a different response to the new discerning consumer otherwise, the financial advice industry is going to miss out on a great deal of new business." "Basically, the new consumer is asking one fundamental question ...

Funds with freebies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... impending regulation will allow fund members to switch super funds much easier than before, it seems that simple financial advice and management are no longer enough. While special deals aren't new in the retail or airline sectors, it is a relatively ...

Aussie planners should turn to Asia: Hockey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... lunch in Melbourne yesterday. "I see the great opportunity in your profession as growth into Asia." He pegged financial advice in many parts of Asia as "cumbersome, old school, [and] not necessarily independent at all". "It is rather rudimentary," he ...