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Importance of company culture overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... they do not take time out to understand what they want their business to be known for." Payne's consultancy aims to help advisers identify the culture of their business and overhaul any negativity which is holding it back. "Culture is the glue that holds ...

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... CP 191 ) seeks feedback on how RG 183 should be amended for FOFA. The regulator noted that the CP 191 is relevant to advisers and industry representatives who are considering submitting either a new or existing code for approval. The consultation paper ...

Big infrastructure underscores China growth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... provider Digital China. Much of Digital China's offerings cater to the rapid growth of Chinese cities. For the 50-plus advisers on the trip, one of the more interesting projects was a citizen ID card program that amalgamates social security and financial ...

Tax-efficient giving advice missing: Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Advisers who don't evolve their businesses to cater for growing client interest in philanthropy risk being left behind. That's the conclusion of Queensland University of Technology research which reveals a growing demand among high net-worth clients ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... Archer Daniels Midland worth $11.75 per share, or $2.7 billion, and had appointed Credit Suisse and Greenhill as financial advisers. At 1214 AEDT GrainCorp shares were up $3.36, or 40.23 per cent, to $12.41. Gloves and condom maker Ansell says it is ...

Searching for conviction: Premium China study tour

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... China Funds Management (PCFM) has just wrapped up a study tour of China, which saw more than 50 Australian financial advisers get a first-hand feel of two cities in a country that's never far from the headlines. While its economic strength is beyond ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... platform, advice and technology group, netwealth. For example, netwealth has redesigned its new platform around investors and advisers rather than around their distribution model. Doing this has enabled netwealth to consolidate its services into a single ...

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... manager of investment and distribution at netwealth, Stephen Nicholls, claims that the Morphic fund provides a strategy advisers are seeking in the current market and expects good support from the netwealth distribution network. Managed by Morphic Asset ...

Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... wealth groups must adapt to the new technology and develop ways to integrate it into how investors want to work with their advisers, he concluded.

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Commission has succumbed to Shorten's pressure and let all Australian workers down, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Productivity Commission's (PC) final report into default superannuation arrangements, released last week ...