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Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... periods. Below benchmark returns also meant that the firm's investment team did not receive profit share plan (PSP) incentive payments. However, chief investment officer Andrew Clifford did receive a bonus "related to his role," Neilson said. Clifford ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
We've gone a long way, baby! A very long way... down. It seems so long ago and far away now but, it had only been less than four months when the All Ordinaries index looked set to break the 6,000-point barrier. It was only 0.8% away (45.2 points) from ...

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... risks. Nearly half (44%) were willing to pay for such a test; 37% were unwilling and a further 6% wanted some kind of incentive. "We extrapolate from our sample that most people are open to being tested for genetic conditions, believing that it will ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... life insurance policies will now be spread "over a specified period" rather than being paid upfront so as to "create an incentive structure for financial advice representatives to support the continuous needs of their customers even after the purchase ...

Advisers to remain at centre of CBA: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has insisted that despite the challenges the bank has faced in its financial advice business and in spite of widespread digitisation, face-to-face planners will remain at the heart of the company's business ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... China's gold reserves to around 1.66% of total reserves from 1.53% in 2009. Explanation three. Low interest rates offer no incentive to hold US bonds. Sure, there is no interest payment attached to gold, but it also does not contain the prospect of a ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... end, we will be also showcasing at least 20 advisers on our platform who receive 35 or more positive reviews, so the incentive is there for planners to reach out to their peers and co-workers to endorse them." Adviser Ratings also recently moved into ...

Trowbridge salutes risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) chair John Trowbridge has applauded the industry-led risk reforms package. After the industry bodies behind the LIAWG - the Association of Financial Advisers, Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... intended," questioning whether there was any public benefit for preserving the discount beyond "ensuring that there is an incentive for investments not to be 'churned' over periods shorter than a year." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) disagreed ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
US financial services professional associations fire another salvo in their 5-year fight over limiting the application of fiduciary rules for financial advisers. Speaking to the Bipartisan Policy Center last month, the chief executive of the Securities ...