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Retirees still cautious about another GFC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... said their attitude to investing retirement savings was not related to the GFC. National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neil said the report puts to bed the widely-held notion that Australians who are retired - or who are about to retire - are profligate ...

La Trobe appoints distribution manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
La Trobe Financial has appointed a new senior manager client partnership to its wealth and funds management division. Based in Melbourne, Bonnie Hill joins La Trobe from Direct Super Solutions, which she owned and directed. She has also held a business ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
There is a huge opportunity for the financial services sector to seize on the opportunity posed by the country's ageing demographics story, according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. The Member for Oxley highlighted ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
New Zealand's Financial Services Council (FSC) has commissioned a report on life insurance advice, with Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair John Trowbridge selected as an adviser for the project. Consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... there is a strong requirement for financial planners to go through the program," The Ethics Centre principal consultant John Neil told Financial Standard. He said that the program was set up "following the Parliamentary Joint Commission review of financial ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Assets managed by the top 25 alternative investment managers in Australia has grown to more than US$250 billion ($338 billion), according to the latest survey by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Macquarie in particular has benefitted from a shift ...

Alternative income sources could benefit retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... that you obtain initial and ongoing professional advice from a financial adviser," he added. Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan said that investment structures such as family trusts that invest in an insurance bond can reduce a person's assessable ...

First State Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... experience, valuable market knowledge and "a deep understanding of the needs of members and employers." First State Super chairman, Neil Cochrane, said Furlan was previously the chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal - a role she held ...

Industry reacts to ASIC register update

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
ASIC has updated the Financial Advisers Register to include qualifications, training and professional association memberships. Announcing the changes, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said: "We want consumers to be able to make an informed decision in their ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer Paul Moore always wanted to be a stock picker. He bought his first shares in Blue Metal Industries (later taken over by Boral) while he was still at school and then bought Carlton & United Breweries while ...