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The power of saying no to difficult advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Sometimes you need to refuse certain clients to grow your business. This was the message given by Multiforte director and 2014 Association of Financial Advisers Female Excellence in Advice award winner Kate McCallum. Speaking at the Association of Financial ...

The social benefits of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
The true value of financial advice lies in its social and emotional benefits, according to Effortless Engagement owner Dean Lombardo. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Lombardo related how he'd ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... investors is that if you're not sure what to pick because you don't have the skillset then let us pick it for you. That's the perfect package for the smaller part of the market." The company has recently brought forward its growth targets by 12 months ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... undermining the superannuation of working Australians. "Having a fantastic superannuation system does not mean having a perfect superannuation system. There are still issues that we need to work out. We do need to make it fairer. It is not fair right ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The success of technology start-ups and Australia's maturing venture capital sector are driving superannuation funds to reconsider VC as an asset class. In September, First State Super and Hostplus invested $110 million and $35 million respectively ...

Statewide appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... bank in December to begin his new role at Statewide on 4 January, 2016. Statewide chair Juliet Brown said Nunn has the perfect mix of experience and local market knowledge to drive future growth at the $6 billion industry superannuation fund based in ...

Succession planning is not a waiting game

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... unstable regulatory climate and volatile economic conditions. He explained, however, that "a seller will never get the perfect business environment to execute their retirement and exit plans. In fact, if you are waiting for the economy to move into growth ...

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The investment philosophy at QSuper is being continually debated but the fund's strategy has performed "as hoped for", producing stable returns despite random outcomes of markets. QSuper repositioned its investment strategy over the past six years post ...

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... attentive to our money-mindsets as we should be -A only four respondents so far have risen to the challenge and achieved a perfect score," Hutchison said. The benefit of taking the quiz is that correct answers help raise money for charity and so far ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... contact at the company decided to pursue other interests. "Suddenly that role was there," she says, "and I knew I'd be perfect for it." Read the rest of the article in the latest edition of Financial Standard. Download it for your device here.