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Aged care RC will spook Aussies into advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Delegates today heard the impending Royal Commission into aged care could serve as a catalyst for more Australians to access financial advice. While presenting a focus session on the new age of aged care, Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard ...

Can Hollywood turn advice mainstream?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Call it the George Clooney effect. Motivational speaker Geoff Ramm told delegates at the AFA Conference that one way they can fend off competition is to treat each and every client as if they were a celebrity. The UK-based founder of OMG Marketing & ...

Advice is the business to be in: Salt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Demographics Group managing director Bernard Salt told delegates at the 2018 AFA National Adviser Conference that financial advice is the business to be in after Australia's sustained period of economic growth. Salt took the conference audience through ...

Perception is everything: Kewin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... also growing the profession and making it an aspirational career path for school leavers," he said. Also addressing delegates, AFA vice president Michael Novak said advisers should hold their heads high for all they do for their clients. "The reassurance ...

Random questions forge deep connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... learned it only takes a few questions to create deeper connections with clients. At a dedicated session, first time delegates were asked to meet new people by finding "random common ground." Facilitating the session, Next Evolution Performance chief ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... she said, noting AIST will examine these recommendations closely. IFM Investors chair Garry Weaven, who also addressed delegates, said this period presents an opportunity for super funds, banks and the government to collaborate - as "strange" as that ...

Philanthropists must move beyond the hierarchy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... address but also "how to do philanthropy" - which is two distinct skillsets. Opening the conference to more than 500 delegates, Philanthropy Australia chief executive Sarah Davies said managing the trade-off between head and heart is a never-ending balancing ...

Finding value in Fairfax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... Financial Standard Adviser Big Day Out in Wollongong this morning, Auscap head of distribution Lee Hopperton provided delegates with insight as to what the absolute return manager is currently holding. With about 20% of its portfolio in consumer discretionary ...

Grandfathered commission debate an overreaction: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... with trail commissions contributing little to the overall income of financial advice practices in reality. Addressing delegates at the 2018 Association of Financial Advisers' National Roadshow in Sydney, AFA head of policy Phil Anderson said ASIC's ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... another US$100 billion more. The rest of the world will be watching what comes out of the two-day meeting between the US delegates, led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and China, headed by Vice Premier Liu He, in Beijing. At this point, not many ...