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Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Two leading industry associations expect the next generation of advice clients to be attracted to financial advisers possessing the right soft skills, industry-specific education and strong ethics. The differences between the service offerings of Gen ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
A new initiative has been unveiled that will see financial advisers repay their entire commissions on life insurance if a policy lapses in the first year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) will spearhead the claw-back system, which could see advisers ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Life annuities sales have increased rapidly following the GFC's onslaught on retirement assets, but investors and advisers are still wary about what happens to their capital if they don't live long enough to exhaust the annuity. "We now sell in a month ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... percentage point gap was explained by master trusts having higher fees given consumers access them through financial advisers where not-for-profit funds are distributed through workplaces. While the 1.0 percentage point gap may seem high, Rainmaker noted ...

AMP SMSF completes leadership team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... the AMP SMSF team to develop solutions that are attractive to customers, financial planners, accountants and other SMSF advisers." Previous roles held by Clarke include head of marketing at Macquarie Adviser Services, head of marketing and products at ...

Value still key in insurance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... talk about those things," said Clarke, at a panel discussion yesterday at the Financial Services Council conference. Advisers should instead concentrate on creating value for clients, because "the consumer does not care about the remuneration model. ...

UK consumers won't pay for advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... for it while a slightly smaller proportion (47%) said would be likely to reduce the number of times they use financial advisers if charged a fee of between A$600-900 or 3% of invested assets. But attitudes to paying for advice were found to vary significantly ...

AUI stays with OneVue unit registry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... property syndicates, investment bonds and funeral bonds for institutional funds, retail clients and a network of investment advisers. OneVue chief executive of unit registry solutions Scott Hardie said the OneVue team had been working closely with AUI ...

Pengana delivers AEq returns out of the market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... return was higher than all the Australian equity funds as well as absolute return funds, he added. "Many investors and advisers are totally disillusioned with fund managers that are satisfied with outperforming markets even if this results in investors ...

Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... six years as European business has been impacted by the eurozone debt crisis. This expansion has included hiring client advisers, opening a representative office in Shanghai last year and the launch of a range of renminbi products, available to clients ...