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Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... industry. "Given the parlous state of the industry and the significant losses caused by poorly incentivised financial advisers, it is appropriate that the cost of tracking industry progress is funded by the industry rather than the public," ISA said. ...

New online bond researcher launches

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... and managing director Geoff Malkin said. "We hope that by providing independent research, information and tools, more advisers, equities brokers and other professional investors will be able to offer direct bonds and interest rate securities to their ...

HUB24 platform goes mobile

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... HUB24 has adapted its InvestorHUB and AdviserHUB portals to mobile phones in a bid to provide a better experience for advisers and clients. It has also launched SupportHUB, a new functionality where advisers can view requests, track the progress of applications ...

Sunsuper makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... industry consortium building the infrastructure for real time settlement of payments - and Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisers. Additionally, he holds a non-executive director position with the Cancer Council NSW and is the chair of that organisation's ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... workers who made active choices about where to place these contributions, or were sold retail super funds by financial advisers," a newly-released ISA white paper on behavioural economics said. The ISA argued that the Murray Inquiry, the Productivity ...

Succession planning major issue for advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
A significant amount of financial advice practices have no effective succession plan in place, according to the Rubik Wealth/Business Health Future Ready VI report. The report aims to comprehensively analyse the health of Australian financial advice. ...

Centuria creates key roles to support growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... the TaxAstute series of bonds last week, which is expected to increase the manager's reach among independent investors, advisers and dealer groups. Centuria has also appointed Brad Watson as head of distribution and investor relations for its property ...

Baby boomers should be wary of generic advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... examined common Australian financial advice methods to determine their viability for investors over 55. It suggests that advisers are often using "generic" plans for clients which rely too heavily on risky assets and don't take into account the fragility ...

Retail investor confidence in domestic market low

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... behaviour is likely to change in the near term, GSAM said. The asset manager's research reveals that investors with financial advisers are more likely to have more diversified portfolios, and profess to have a better understanding of a wider set of asset ...

Work harder to fight negative press: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Advisers and associations need to do more to fight negative stereotypes about financial planning, argued Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox at a recent Value Alliance event in Sydney. As an example, he noted that Houghton ...