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Cyber training is advice value-add: AUSTRAC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
AUSTRAC director strategic intelligence and policy David Hawkins believes there are opportunities for financial advisers to value-add by providing cyber training services. Speaking at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast, Hawkins ...

Fee models an art, not a science

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Less than three months remain until the Life Insurance Framework becomes commonplace for advisers and experts say there's still time to review or reconsider advice pricing options. The AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference will hear from four industry ...

Equity income boutique enters retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
A boutique global equity asset manager has partnered with Bennelong to launch its flagship fund to retail investors, having previously operated in the wholesale and institutional markets. Wheelhouse Partners' Wheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund has ...

Christian Super names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Christian Super appointed a new chief executive to lead the $1.2 billion fund. Ross Piper steps into the top role after longstanding chief executive, Peter Murphy, resigned in April. Piper, who has 25 years of leadership experience in the commercial ...

AMP Capital shutters core equities, restructures team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
AMP Capital is closing down its core Australian equities capabilities and restructuring its domestic investment team in response to client demand, which will involve appointing a new head of Australian equities from Macquarie. The investment manager ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Along with the increasing sun shiny days that spring brings to our part of the globe come the green sprouts of optimism among us, Australians all. For the first time in 11 months, there are more optimists than pessimists in this land girth by sea. This ...

Technology will shape financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Financial advisers must challenge themselves to see where technology can add value to their business models if they wish to remain relevant in the coming years. That was the key theme of a presentation delivered by futurist Chris Riddell at the 2017 ...

2017 AFA Rising Star crowned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
The 2017 Rising Star of the Year Award was presented at the opening of this year's Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast on Wednesday. Mia Taylor of Evalesco Financial Services was awarded the accolade, which ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said the 2017 National Adviser Conference is deliberately focused on the soft skills financial advisers need in their tool kits as Australians become more dependent on advice for financial wellness. Speaking at a media ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Financial advisers must recognise they are the key conduit between clients and life insurers; otherwise the experience at claim time could be unfavourable to all parties. Succession Matters insurance and estate planner Mike Sayer said advisers who accept ...