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AMP profit up 32% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... operating earnings of $188 million, compared with $64 million in 2013. "Pleasingly the wealth protection business improvement plan is delivering results and our focus is now on ensuring the changes are sustained with continued improvement to processes ...

Pengana Capital appoints Singapore director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Pengana Capital has appointed an executive director for its Singapore office in a bid to develop its institutional business outside of Australia. Anthony Huston will initially focus on institutional sales opportunities for the Pengana Asia Special Events ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Australians don't believe that superannuation will provide adequately for their retirement and expect that it will contribute a little more than one third of their retirement nest egg, ING Direct research revealed. Superannuation is expected to represent ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The Treasury's public register of financial advisers will be more detailed than it was expected, the regulations introduced by Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show. As expected, the regulations include the obligation for financial advisers to provide ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The popularity of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) has fuelled the rapid growth of an extensive range of unbundled services that promise trustees greater choice and control, as well as lower costs than traditional bundled services. However as Darren ...

Embrace client interests or wither on the vine, advisers told

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Financial advice professionals must embrace regulatory and legislative changes aimed at improving outcomes for consumers, irrespective of the impact these changes have on their businesses bottom lines. That's according to Quantum Financial Services ...

Accountants threatened by regulation, falling profits, succession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... immediate issue, with 69% of the accountants surveyed in the report indicating they didn't currently have a formal succession plan in place. This compounds a 39% increase in self-reported concerns about succession. "Partners approaching succession and ...

Young advisers flock to the AFA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Young advisers have responded to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) GenXt initiative and now 30% of the organisation's members are under 40 years of age. "We have made a significant investment, through the GenXt initiative, in helping our members ...

Nikko AM managing director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Nikko Asset Management managing director in Australia Mike Davis has announced his resignation, but will continue in his role in the meantime to assist in the transition. Davis is "planning to take a break before embarking on the next stage of his own ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on international markets amid hope for Greece's bailout plan and a Ukraine ceasefire and strong economic data out of Germany. At 0807 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...