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Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Adviser input key to super fund switch: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... financial planners to switch their superannuation fund has gone up from 20.5% in 2010 to 29.9% in 2014, the 'Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia' report by Roy Morgan found. Adviser input is also becoming essential for people thinking about ...

Shaw on recruitment drive after restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Shaw and Partners has made two senior appointments shortly after rebranding and becoming a holistic wealth management firm. Mike Ryan joins Shaw as head of institutional equities. Prior to his appointment he held positions at CIMB Australia, Morgan ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... "fear" of contagion springs from the extrapolation that should China's stock market "mayhem" persist the attendant negative wealth effect and loss of confidence would bring the economy a-tumbling down. There goes the world's second biggest economy, there ...

Advice demand up as direct investment grows

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... they find helpful, 30% responded financial planners or advisers, 19% relied on stock brokers who provide advice and 12% on wealth management advisers. About 30% did not seek advice about investments. The ASX's qualitative research highlighted that "most ...

FPA announces CFP award winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its third Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Apt Wealth Partners head of advice and director John Moran received the award - named after the financial planning pioneer - for performing ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... securities regulator has halted 28 IPOs and created a 120 billion yuan market stabilisation fund; it asked (commanded) sovereign wealth to buy shares and not sell, among others. And if these still don't work, you can bet your bottom dollar there'll be ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Following successive government plans to lift the age at which retirees can access their age pension, policymakers are pushing ahead with proposals to lift the Preservation Age. The Productivity Commission (PC) has just released research that they believe ...

NAB Wealth appoints head of partnerships

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
NAB Wealth has appointed the Garvan and MLC Financial Planning general manager to a newly-created role, head of partnerships development. James Meade, who has headed the two National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planning licensees, will now work on ...

Shaw hires and restructures as holistic advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... planning, insurance and philanthropic services. Central to this new strategy was the February appointment of head of private wealth Earl Evans, who was formerly chief executive of Macquarie Private Wealth North America. Evans also sits on Shaw's board ...