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Advisers expect greater focus on efficiency after FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The single biggest outcome financial advisers expect to see from the Future of Financial Advice reforms is an increased focus on efficiency and greater use of technology, according to a survey commissioned by Zurich Australia. The telephone survey of ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
"I think I can make it now, the pain is gone All of the bad feelings have disappeared Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day." -- Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now" Remember contagion? ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... prices moving up once again so that's been a positive for that space," said Julia Lee, equities analyst at Bell Direct. "The big four banks are also moving higher - we're seeing a gain of about 0.3 to 0.6 per cent. "The fact that we're seeing two of ...

Advisers head to Gold Coast for social media conference

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... services industries up to speed on what technology can do to better build their businesses. And while Social Media plays a big role in that, the picture is much larger, and there are many ways to leverage opportunities, conference host and Social Adviser ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Most firms will be reluctant to add to their headcount and staff will be cautious about changing jobs in 2013, according to eFinancialCareers. The financial services recruitment firm said recruitment growth would be limited to areas such as regulatory ...

TAL's Affinia hires for growth plans

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Paul are all hugely experienced and have a great mix of skill sets across practice development and recruitment." "Affinia has big plans for 2013 and beyond. We want to be the number one choice for advisers specialising in risk insurance, and are already ...

CBUS to review products to tempt SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Construction industry superannuation fund CBUS will review its product offering over the next 12 months in order to attract people in self managed superannuation funds. Last week fellow industry super fund HOSTPLUS said self managed super fund trustees ...

Mac Private Wealth forced to rectify serious deficiencies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Macquarie Private Wealth has given the Australian Securities and Investments Commission an enforceable undertaking to right recurring compliance deficiencies dating back more than five years. The regulator's review of compliance systems and client files ...

Tyndall to sell Aussie bank loans into Japan

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... loans for confidentially reasons, but confirmed that an agreement had been made and that it was not necessarily one of the 'big four'. After spending the last six months preparing the product, Davis told Financial Standard this morning that the company ...