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S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... spokesperson. Proposed FOFA legislation and the requisite shift to a fee-for-service model will make ETFs more relevant for advisers, according to Guy Maguire, head of S&P Indices Australia, who says recent education-based events on indices have elicited ...

HUB24 increases FUM by half a billion dollars

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... new clients, bringing in over half a billion dollars in funds under management for the Investorfirst owned subsidiary. Advisers at DFS Solutions, Equiti Private Wealth, Oxbrey Financial Group and Mandalay Wealth Management will now use the HUB24 platform. ...

Cavendish MD named SPAA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... that affect the operation of the superannuation industry, and drive improved educational standards for professionals and advisers that will benefit the public while representing the needs of our members," Hamilton said. "As the Self Managed sector is ...

AMP results show continued AXA impact

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... wrap capability in March. AMP said the North platform will be made available more broadly to AMP planners and Hillross advisers in the first half of 2012. The number of planners also increased by 116 during the recording season, climbing to 4,131 planners ...

Video SoAs on the cards

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Statements of Advice in video format is one of many new opportunities for advisers with the introduction of social media strategies to daily advice operations, discussed at the national SPAA conference yesterday. The introduction of scaled advice will ...

SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... receive such an accolade from the peak association for SMSFs. The sector as a whole continues to grow dramatically and advisers are becoming increasingly aware of the important role we have to play in helping secure the retirement futures of self managed ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... SPAA and conducted by independent research group CoreData. It surveyed SMSF trustees, non-trustees and professional SMSF advisers during November and December 2011. In total 1,406 Australian consumers were surveyed, of whom 337 were SMSF trustees and ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Taxation Institute of Australia. "We recognise that continuing professional development (CPD) is important for financial advisers and we wanted to make sure we strengthen our resources behind our CPD Program services," said Christopher Page, managing ...

Synchron NextGen success firm expands to Sydney

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Enhancers. Synchron director, Don Trapnell points to the organisation's NextGen program as key to the success of younger advisers such as those at Wealth Enhancers. "NextGen is a program we introduced to encourage younger advisers to join Synchron and ...

AXA FP advisers begin transition away from brand

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... have five branding options, including the use of the AMP brand and endorsement or to build their own brand to suit the advisers' own preferences. "AXA FP practices will have access to a range of branding options enabling them to choose the one that best ...