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Register for the MAX Forum now

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
With the speakers and nominees for the 2015 MAX Forum and Awards announced, now is the time to register your place at the event. On Thursday 4 June, leading industry figures including CIFR chief executive Professor David Gallagher, Mercer consumer marketing ...

Robo advice questions still unanswered

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... industry heads say many questions remain unanswered. At a recent Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) forum, Mercer Innovation Hub leader Jo-Anne Bloch said robo advice makes sense from a company's cost reduction point of view but ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Ahead of its post-budget forum on June 2, the Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes has identified key issues with Australia's superannuation system in its FSI submission. According to CSRI's statement, the submission "identified as a priority ...

Investors plan to up active allocation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... Franklin Templeton Investments. The global fund manager asked more than 100 attendees at its recent Asia Pacific Investor Forum about their intentions. It concluded that "Australian investors and their advisers are paying more attention to active strategies ...

Retirement income committee to launch in June

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
The first Sustainable Retirement Incomes Leadership Forum will take place on June 2, launched by the Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes. The CSRI is designed to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary ...

Degrees don't ensure good financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... system, according to Australian Institute of Company Directors chief executive John Brogden. Speaking at the 2015 ASIC Annual Forum, Brogden acknowledged that his views made him a "heretic". "The formal view is that you must have a degree to be a financial ...

Vertically-integrated advice model can work

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... properly, according to Australian Bankers' Association chief executive Steven MA1/4nchenberg. Speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum, MA1/4nchenberg said that conflicts were inherent to any business. "There's an innate conflict in any corporate business model," ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... and Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Malcolm Edey is slated to take part in a panel discussion at ASIC annual forum, also in Sydney. In equities news, TPG Telecom, Kathmandu and New Hope Corporation are expected to post half year results. ...

What becomes of the broken hearted?

TREVOR HARRIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... dangers, CommInsure national technical manager Alex Koodrin explained at a recent Financial Standard Technical Services Forum in Sydney. Koodrin said that the average time period from separation to divorce in Australia is 3.6 years. "A lot can happen ...

Equip Super partners with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... psychological aspects of making it a success." SuperFriend is a nationwide health promotion foundation created by the Industry Funds Forum that collaborates with profit-for-member funds, group life insurers and the mental health sector to facilitate ...