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Findex firm sets up family office division

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... roof in addition to traditional wealth advisory and stock recommendations," Caire said. "The family office concept is a one-stop financial services model, usually only available to wealthy families," he added. "Now that Prescott Securities is part of ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tailored investment solutions are more important to advisers using managed accounts than excessively wide ranges of investment choices, according to Rainmaker research. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Rainmaker ...

ING DIRECT super manager promoted

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... professional, be it a broker or adviser, they tend to look for broader support across a range of financial matters.A They want a "one stop shop" where their trusted adviser can support them through their financial lifecycle, from home loans to superannuation," ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Aren't you glad I didn't lift? This must be what's in Janet's head as she scours the global economic and financial market landscape and saw that it wasn't good. Yes folks, financial markets were doing backflips again overnight on concerns over dropping ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Serious tax reform in finance is likely to be progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... central idea is that the Asian region and not Europe should benefit from the Asian region getting richer and older and we must stop exporting our tax revenue, growth and jobs to the European Union. If we are asking our neighbours to build Asian region ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... major foreign exchange reserve policies of three major nations. After the initial lift in the cash rate, the Fed will have to stop reinvesting the proceeds of its treasury bonds and then take steps to proactively shrink its balance sheet. "If you don't ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... absurdly trivial, representing just 4% of Transfield's market cap and 0.08% of HESTA's asset pool. But unfortunately that didn't stop the ridiculous wordage that poured forth from industry leaders who should know better. The normally sound Assistant ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Net establishments of new self-managed super funds have steadily declined since mid-2014, according to ATO and APRA data. Specifically, net establishments have fallen by 24% to 22,822 in the 12 months to June 2015. While this can be partly attributed ...

Planners ready for Trowbridge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Around 80% of planners are prepared to make changes to their business models should the Trowbridge recommendations be implemented, according to Investment Trends research. The June 2015 Planner Risk Report suggests most (roughly 75%) financial advisers ...