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Succession planning ensures quality customer service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... they in turn determine the financial success or failure of the planning practice," Taggart said. He added that in the majority of practices the planner will retire long before many clients, highlighting the need for exit succession and a seamless transition ...

BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... promoted as a way to invest money left over from online payments, now has more than 370 million account holders, the vast majority of which are under the age of 30. The fund currently produces a seven-day annualised yield of 4.02% and is managed by Tianhong ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...

Centuria listed funds CEO to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... Australia, Schroders Australia and Deutsche Asset Management. In an ASX statement, Centuria said Collishaw will devote the majority of his time to "further developing his existing private interests," but will continue on at Centuria as a non-executive ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... Financial services' rapid deployment of intelligent customer-facing technologies are "existentially threatening" to a majority of the sector's employees, latest research shows. Three quarters (76%) of the 1390 respondents in a Microsoft survey believe ...

Lazy LIF planning means advice businesses at risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
With four months to go the majority of risk advisers are still not prepared for impending changes to remuneration to be brought by the Life Insurance Framework taking effect in January 2018. A study of 200 risk advisers commissioned by Zurich found ...

Super fund property manager leads global sustainability ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... their lease contracts with tenants, while 89% have a community engagement program in place." Langbroek added the vast majority of owners have taken actions to improve energy and water efficiency of buildings, while reducing waste streams.

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... told markets it's about to do that sent the British pound soaring last week. Not only is it in black and white... "A majority of MPC members judge that, if the economy continues to follow a path consistent with the prospect of a continued erosion of ...

CVC to launch venture capital fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... vehicle, targeted to exceed 25% internal rate of return. It's designed with a shorter-term investment horizon than the majority of VC funds and is significant investor visa-compliant. CVC invesmtent principal David Gasan explained: "The ecosystem for ...

"Enough is enough": Women in Super launch national campaign

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... Government $2.7 billion per year. "Approximately $30 billion is spent by Government on super tax concessions annually, the majority of which are paid to high income earners," Women in Super said.