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Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... come along so you can be prepared for them when they arrive," he said. Losing sight of the client and focusing on the perfect SOA was another "murder tactic"; spending too much time perfecting a document instead of innovating your advice model was, he ...

Howard: Bank scrutiny "strange"

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... around the world should potentially face the searchlights of a Royal Commission," Howard said. "I don't regard Australia as perfect and I'm sure that some bad things have been done and some mistakes have been made but let us remember that profitable ...

Former State Street analyst joins Parametric

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... wonderful technical skills base and, just as importantly, a client-centric focus with a willingness to innovate, making her a perfect fit for our culture," Briant said. Bu said she views her new role as a great opportunity, working with a firm with a ...

Current super objective "un-Australian"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
ASFA believes it is "un-Australian" for politicians to settle on an inadequate objective for superannuation that restricts its purpose to merely substitute or supplement the age pension. The super fund representative body is urging people to take interest ...

Zurich vet joins SuiteBox

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Zurich's former head of sales strategies life and investments has taken up a new role at subscription-based mobile office software provider SuiteBox. Andy Marshall, who worked with Zurich - initially as a regional sales manager - from 2012 to September ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the waves of baby boomers entering retirement are about to hit a perfect storm: longer lifespans, insufficient savings and record low interest rates. As recently published in Financial Standard ...

$1.6 million cap will not derail retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... firm's individual member analytic platform. Milliman head of analytics, Craig McCulloch, said the estimate is far from perfect and many individuals will expect more in retirement, "but it does give retirees a starting point." A lifespan of 95 years lowers ...

Energy Super selects group insurer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... our values of being customer centric. Energy Super demonstrates these values to its members, which is why they are the perfect partner for us as we continue to expand our offering within mid-size industry super funds," said Smith. Energy Super chief ...

AMP Capital to acquire Spanish telco infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
AMP Capital has entered into an agreement to acquire a Spanish provider of telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructure. Under the agreement, AMP Capital's global infrastructure equity platform will purchase 100% of Axion from Antin Infrastructure ...

Rubik and class form advice tech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Rubik and Class Super have partnered to provide accountants who are limited licence holders with advice technology. The partnership follows recently implemented changes to regulation requiring accountants to obtain the newly created 'limited' Australian ...