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Dying in social media: adviser's next big nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
Clients' presence on several social media platforms, with multiple accounts and passwords, is set to become a nightmare for financial advisers specialising in estate planning, as they will be forced to deal with the person's digital footprint after ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
More than 286,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have unmet advice needs, representing a huge opportunity for financial advisers, according to new research from Investment Trends. SMSFs who say they have unmet advice needs are prepared to pay up to ...

PineBridge launches DAA fund

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... Australian investors in adopting a more outcome-oriented approach to governing their assets. "There has been growing interest in the DAA investment approach, which uses an intermediate term time horizon - between one and three years - to manage assets. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates near zero and surprisingly strong second-quarter US economic growth data. At 0807 AEST on Thursday, the September share ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... you're there to promote the benefit of your members and that's what your constitution says and there's no necessary public interest requirement that's an industry association," Rantall said. "If you have a public interest component and you have professional ...

AFA unveils main principles of code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... integrity and the professionality of the adviser's conduct. It will address the need for advisers to act in the best interest of their clients and provide guidance to avoid conflicts of interest. The document will also outline the importance of getting ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... term, our view of the market is more positive, contingent on increased economic activity resulting from historically low interest rates," he added.

Australian Unity in talks to buy Premium Wealth Management

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... philosophically aligned with us. They are a well- respected 174 year old mutual and they have always prioritised client best interest and advisory integrity, and have an open architecture environment for investments and insurances," Wu said Premium Wealth ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... establishing investment instruments and life insurance policies, and it wouldn't surprise me to see some sort of regulatory interest, and possibly action, in this area." "A digit PIN is often the only line of defence stopping hackers accessing this information ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... compression. Global growth could be weaker for longer, given the lack of robust momentum in advanced economies despite very low interest rates and the easing of other brakes to the recovery. In some major emerging market economies, the negative growth ...