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Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... experience." "We recently made a submission to Treasury on our ideal model for executive compensation, advocating all incentive payments be determined by reference to net tangible assets per share growth through time, and settled in unvested shares that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher but had pulled back from early gains by noon as investors' optimism that France and Germany will have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis waned. The local market opened about one per cent up on Tuesday on the back of ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
While big ticket items like the GST, Carbon Tax and Mining Tax may not have been up for discussion, there was still plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer ...

Soft dollar ban impact potential

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
With the banning of soft dollar benefits of more than $300 now a definite feature of industry reforms, the potential impact may be greater than first thought, with July research finding that almost 45% of planners receive benefits. According to the ...

Inactive clients trouble planning industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... of the opt-in rule." "With grandfathering still allowing for the passive trail commission to continue, there's little incentive to contact them." Radar noted that theTreasury has tried to address this issue and said "At this stage, I don't think that ...

ACSI: executive salaries soar above share value

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
Chief executive salaries for Top 100 ASX Australian companies increased 131% over the past ten years while executives working for companies on the S&P/ASX 100 earned a 31% salary raise, according to new ACSI research. The study, as part of Australian ...

BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
BT, a major platform provider for Count Financial, today said it is confident its product business will stand on its merits and will not be harmed even though a key rival is buying its major client. Count Financial runs $6.2 billion across its preferred ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Cash incentives are not enough in today's financial industry workplace, with long term career development now the top spot on finance candidates wish lists. The allure of long-term career development was found to be the most attractive asset a finance ...

FSC insurance churn action divides planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... up a number of possible resolutions such as reducing the amount of upfront commissions, currently 115%, to lessen the incentive to chase them. Another way suggested by advisers could be to have a two-year responsibility period for upfront commissions ...