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GFC drove advisers to managed accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... Heather, Paradigm Wealth Management managing director Patrick Nalty said managed accounts allowed his firm to become "proactive rather than reactive" in times of market volatility. "We had a house view before the GFC that we needed to determine at what ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... in the business of assessing and taking on risk." "There are many risks with VC but provided you are an engaged and proactive investor, those risks are not as great as one may think. When we think about the threat of disrupting technologies, it could ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years. Presenting to some 800 advisers at Sydney's Westin Hotel ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... organisation and no one talked to them. Since I've joined full time I have approached them and they have been quite proactive," she said. US-based research by Morningstar found that only 9% of US open-end fund managers were females and that women exclusively ...

Intra-fund advice can be improved: WSSA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... some super funds have outsourced services to workplace specialist practices and they actually see the value of a more proactive service. He cited an independent survey by CoreData about three of four years ago which found workplaces where there was a ...

Social adviser implores positivity for planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... to be able to say that it's failure was not because of your own apathy. "A group of some of the most passionate and proactive planning professionals have set about creating a campaign to do something to change the public perception of financial advice. ...

KPMG hires heavy in financial services

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... week. And two women were promoted to partner positions while on, or about to take maternity leave. KPMG has taken a proactive stance to address gender diversity in its workplace, introducing gender targets of 25% female partners, and 40% women in senior ...

Low-cost super awash with inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Mums and dads have increasingly chosen to invest their superannuation in direct low-fee retail products over the last 12 months. Particularly so at BT Super for Life and ANZ Smart Choice with both recording funds under management growth of more than ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... and distribution activities to minimise the possibility of future consumer detriment." The industry will need to be proactive in this approach to avoid "the reputation and financial impacts of remediation and regulator intervention." While the big four ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... success," Samway said "The best interests of our investors are at the heart of all our decisions. We are taking this proactive approach to limiting total assets under management to safeguard future investment performance for clients. By limiting funds ...