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Fitzpatricks hires ex-ipac adviser to head up Adelaide practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... added: "We are delighted to see the Fitzpatricks strategy of expansion through selective partnership with high-quality advisers has given us a wider footprint beyond our traditional eastern seaboard base. "This is an exciting time for the firm as we ...

NAB partnership puts adviser education at forefront

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... through a partnership with the Deakin University Business School, DeakinPrime and DeakinDigital. The partnership will offer advisers across NAB's entire network access to the skills, services and resources of the Deakin Business School. Advisers will ...

Kinetic Super hires retirement specialist as CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... superannuation industry and retirement specialist as its chief executive from May 16. Andrew Barnett joins from JANA Investment Advisers where he was general manager retirement strategy for seven months. Before that appointment he was NAB Wealth general ...

Associations support adviser standards amendments

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
The latest legislative amendments to raise the education, training and ethical standards of financial advisers have been welcomed by the industry's peak representative groups. Both the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association ...

No bachelor's degree for existing advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
The government has announced that existing advisers will not be required to complete a bachelor's degree and will be given a longer time frame to meet new education standards in its revised draft legislation. In a statement, Assistant Treasurer and ...

Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... and improved product choices. Respondents found it unlikely that robo-advice would replace engagement with financial advisers for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, deeming their need for tailored financial advice too complicated for ...

Fiducian targeting SMAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... self-managed accounts in the next financial year, capitalising on the rise in SMAs being set up by independent financial advisers. Fiducian chief information officer Alan Dunne said the group's IT team will target SMAs by enhancing its FASTrack administration ...

iShares Core launches in Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... release of iShares Core was in response to the growing demand for simplified and diversified investment options from both advisers and retail investors. "Advisers were the leaders in ETF adoption story in Australia and they continue to be very strong ...

Advisers shouldn't overlook workplace super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Advisers looking to grow their businesses should not overlook workplace superfunds as a means of increasing revenue and their referral base, according to IOOF. IOOF, which has created a guide to help advisers succeed as a workplace super adviser, claims ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... highly exposed to equity market risk." By contrast, Milliman pointed to defensive alternatives such as Commodity Trading Advisers (CTAs), or managed futures, which have "historically provided a negative correlation to equity markets in systemic market ...