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Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Innovation Australia chairman Bill Ferris holds a "glass half full" view on the superannuation industry's contribution to technological advancement across the country. Ferris said superannuation funds are buying in to the discussion and narrative about ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
To have a successful financial advice practice advisers must move beyond technical advice and truly get to know their clients, according to AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur. Speaking at the 2016 AFA National Adviser Conference, Sarah-Le ...

Crestone signs former Rio Tinto CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Wealth management firm Crestone has named a new non-executive director. Leigh Clifford joins Crestone, which now has $14 billion in assets under management, having accrued substantial experience in the management of businesses in Australia and internationally ...

ETF managers now among Australia's fastest growing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Despite the rise and rise of ETF investing, the sector still accounts for just 6% of the indexing market even though some ETF managers are now among Australia's fastest growing investment houses. According to Rainmaker's June 2016 Roundup industry report ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Senior figures at the AFA have urged delegates at this year's conference to meet the challenges posed by legislation with the collaborative, can-do attitude that has always defined the association's annual meeting. AFA chief executive Brad Fox, new ...

New director at QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Institutional fund manager QIC is welcoming a new director this month. Joining the QIC board for a three-year term is Simone Desmarchelier. She has more than 20 years' experience as an independent adviser in Australia and Europe, specialising in investment ...

La Trobe Financial launches retail platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Investment specialist La Trobe Financial is targeting retail investors with the launch of its new online platform, La Trobe Direct. The new platform provides investors with the opportunity to invest online and directly in to the La Trobe Australian ...

NAB and Nippon Life complete sale

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
A $2.4 billion sale of National Australia Bank's life insurance business to Nippon Life was finalised yesterday. Following the sale NAB said its MLC Life Insurance business would see changes to the board of parent entity, MLC Limited. Joining the MLC ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Industry Super Australia wants a "better off test" requiring banks and other financial services providers to demonstrate that switching a member's superannuation will be beneficial. Additionally the representative group is calling for banks to ban all ...

Bragg to leave FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
The Financial Services Council's director of policy Andrew Bragg will leave the industry body at the end of November. Bragg has been a member of the FSC's policy team since 2009 and was appointed director of policy in 2014. He is joining the Menzies ...