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Robots will take over white collar jobs first

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... robot has even been appointed as director to an investment board." The analysis explained that robots have trouble with basic skills such as climbing stairs, but perform well when it comes to tasks that do not involve abstract thinking and that are highly ...

ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... take account of the different skills different types of advisers have," he added, and proposed a compulsory module for the basic skills, with ethics as the cornerstone of this module. Then, there would then be optional modules covering different areas ...

FPA shines light on "catch-all" dilemma

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... time you recommend the product and you will have to document that." Bobbin highlighted that advisers need to be aware of basic conflicts of interest. He described conflicted remuneration as "any benefit to an AFSL or its representatives that could be ...

Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Sydney's time zone could see it become a hub for processing trades via the cross border trading link connecting Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to Omgeo executive director of industry relations Tony Freeman. The Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
Chances are there won't be any "shirt-fronting" happening in Beijing when Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher despite a drop in US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local bourse was supported by stocks that offered good yields, such as the banks, after National Australia Bank ...

Family trusts overlooked amid SMSF boom

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Financial advisers are overlooking a huge range of benefits that family trusts have over self-managed super funds for their high net worth clients, according to HLB Mann Judd Sydney head of wealth management Michael Hutton. Hutton said that despite ...

Baby boomers in the dark on super: SCT

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
According to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal there are basically two types of unhappy baby boomers. The first are the ones that are incredibly aware of super. However, the other and bigger group know absolutely nothing about it, according to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... 25 countries which accounted for 58% of the world's population, and looked at five different types of retirement systems: basic public pension, mandatory public contribution systems, mandatory private systems, voluntary private systems, and financial ...