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AFA to train young advisers on soft skills

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will be focusing on helping advisers develop emotional intelligence and soft skills in its GenXt Roadshow for 2014. The roadshow will kick off in Hobart on February 4, 2014, and will also visit Adelaide, Perth ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... costs, that is not the primary reason for the move. "One of the more attractive reasons is to build their investment intelligence in-house, so that when they're looking at their external managers, they've got a more sophisticated staff to manage their ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... outcome for clients and to lift the standards of the industry. In February ASIC cancelled the license of AAA Financial Intelligence after finding what Kell described as "an appalling record in relation to the sale of risk products." "We have found many ...

Legg Mason adds SIV funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... government in November to attract high net worth investors to inject capital into the economy. A recent Business Intelligence Consultant Report predicts the SIV industry could generate $5 billion in new capital in its first full financial year of operation ...

AFA to welcome "first timers" in 2013 conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... insurance, self-managed super funds (SMSF) and aged care as well as sessions on developing client service, emotional intelligence, communication skills and social media strategies. "Our aim this year is to help give all delegates a clear view of what ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... on mining. Addressing delegates at The Bellweather Series, an annual finance forum in Sydney from The Economist's intelligence unit via link-up from the World Bank's Washington DC headquarters, Basu said Australia's relative strength compared to other ...

Credit Suisse awarded best UHNW service provider

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Australia Edward Jewell-Tait said. The Australian Private Banking and Wealth Awards are organized by global business intelligence provider RFi, and decided by a combination of more than 1,000 banking clients and an expert judging panel.

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... Financial Services Licenses (AFSL)," Rainmaker director of research Andrew Keevers said. For example AAA Financial Intelligence which had its license revoked by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in February this year, had 186 ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... priority has more than doubled since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) commissioned by State Street Corporation. The survey of nearly 300 executives from global asset managers, intermediaries ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... highest returns from equities this year, as government bonds are increasingly called into question. An Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey of 730 senior institutional investors in Australia and around the world showed that 53% of investors expected ...