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Wills and BDBN raise adviser interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... binding death benefit nominations and wills piqued the interest of many at the quarterly Challenger and Financial Standard Technical Services Forum. Australian Unity head of technical services Yvonne Chu raised the question of what happens when a member ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... by 22.2% to US$51.57/barrel from its April peak of US$66.24. Brent oil has slipped by 19.2% (not quite satisfying the technical definition of a bear market, but getting there) to US$60.56/barrel from US$74.94. The slide in oil prices is likely to intensify ...

Industry fund names chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... Australia group manager of regulatory compliance. During her time at Aviva Wealth Management, she served as head of technical services and was senior compliance manager. Chief executive Charlie Donnelly said Anthony's experience will be an asset ...

Navigating the new Pensioners Loan Scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... everyone and there are many things retirees should weigh up before applying for the Pensioners Loan Scheme," said AMP technical strategy manager John Perri. AMP's modelling The two key changes to the scheme mean that first, it will now be open to ...

TAL offers advisers ethics assistance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... ethics. In an effort to help advisers apply the code, TAL is offering a course via its risk academy. Run by TAL national technical manager David Glen, the course's first session saw around 500 attendees, which TAL said demonstrated the demand for ethics ...

Dealer group strengthens executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... firm's end-to-end advice and business services offering provided to licensed and self-licensed advisers. A highly skilled technical advice leader, Anderson has also previously held senior roles with IOOF and SuperIQ. "We are excited to have Kate ...

Shock win leaves investors worse off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... win, some began treating the opposition's key policy as "a done deal", according to SuperConcepts executive manager technical and strategic services Phil La Greca. He says the behaviour of advisers and investors defied the legislative process. "Advisers ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... welcomed the surprise Coalition victory, and for many it was business as usual. SuperConcepts executive manager SMSF technical and private wealth Graeme Colley said many Australians would be feeling more relaxed about their superannuation after the election. ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... per cent over both 2019 and 2020... It is worth pointing out that when preparing these forecasts, we used our normal technical assumption that interest rates would move broadly in line with market pricing," he said. "At the time the forecasts were prepared ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... first board appointment. EY and the 30% Club found consensus amongst respondents that an executive career develops the technical skills, reputation and commercial exposure required to add value to a board. The research discovered search consultants are ...