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Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... rates, low average deal size and longer sales cycles." He also said major piece of advice he gave AustralianSuper was to focus on white collar as well blue collar workers. "Yes, you may need to change your messaging; yes, you may need to change the way ...

IOOF secures strong advice channel with SFGA bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
The IOOF bid to acquire all of SFGA shares would result in a non-aligned advice business larger than those of NAB, Westpac and ANZ. IOOF offered 0.104 shares for each SFGA share, which implies a value of $0.90 per SFGA share. The SFGA Board unanimously ...

Fostering ethical standards crucial to industry reputation: CFA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Promoting an industry-wide conversation about ethical practices and raising awareness about investors' rights will go a long way to improving the health and reputation of the financial services industry, according to CFA Societies Australia vice president ...

Towers Watson wins Kinetic Super contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Kinetic Super has reappointed Towers Watson as its asset consultant for another three years following an "extensive review process". Paul Kessell, chief investment officer of the $2.5 billion super fund, said Kinetic Super's investment strategy focuses ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Governance almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with ...

Invesco appoints head of sales from BT

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Eben Bowditch was formerly a senior institutional business development manager at BT Investment Management and will now focus on building Invesco's presence in the Australian market. At the same time Ashley O'Connor has been appointed to the position ...

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... with all Australians told to bear the burden." Talking to different client segments, she said that "for families, there's a focus on healthcare and education; for high income earners, a new tax just for them; for pensioners; new eligibility rules and ...

Voting opens for the 2014 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Voting is now open for the MAX Awards, which are the refreshed and rebranded Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Excellence Awards. This year, as part of the rebrand, there are new categories including Best Social Media Campaign, Best Integrated Campaign ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... be able to retire at 70," Fox said. He also noted self-managed super fund (SMSF) advisers should look at the government's focus on infrastructure investment. "SMSF advisers have a real market opportunity for their clients to improve their access to infrastructure ...