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AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
AMP Capital has become the sixth asset manager to join the Lonsec Retire Industry Panel, an online portal designed to help planners give better retirement advice to their clients. The website, www.lonsecretire.com.au, already has the support of NAB ...

Decline in practice valuations bottoms out

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Financial planning business valuations have levelled off following a 20% decline over the last five years, according to a report from business broking services provider Centurion Market Makers. The report also showed that transaction activity increased ...

ETFs up 48.3% to $15 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) grew 48.3% to $14.8 billion in the year to December 2014, according to market analysis by Plan For Life. iShares remains the leading ETF product provider with a 36.9% market share, followed by State Street Global Advisors ...

NAB kick starts self-employed advice channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) is offering its advisers the opportunity to become self-employed through a new channel. Seven financial planners have recently signed up to the NAB Self Employed model and the bank aims to grow the channel to 15 advisers ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Life insurance status quo must change and the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group should reconsider banning commissions from risk advice, Industry Superannuation Australia (ISA) said in its submission to the inquiry. ISA noted that the working group ...

Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... projections would be more accurate and it would help to reduce the female retirement savings shortfall, as couples would plan their retirement finances together. A more simplified structure for couples "would provide many of the benefits of a self-managed ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
DeVere Group, one of the largest financial advice organisations in the world, has launched its second Australian office and named its management team. Following its Melbourne launch in November 2014, deVere has now opened a Sydney office with Richard ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... company. "It's everything to do with Gina Rinehart," Mr Conway said, adding that her comments that Fairfax had "no workable plan" had contributed to the share price fall. "When someone with that sort of financial clout and someone of that standing and ...

HUB24 platform goes mobile

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
HUB24 has adapted its InvestorHUB and AdviserHUB portals to mobile phones in a bid to provide a better experience for advisers and clients. It has also launched SupportHUB, a new functionality where advisers can view requests, track the progress of ...

St George head of advice joins Anne Street

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Westpac's head of St George, Bank of Melbourne and Bank SA Financial Planning has left the business and joined Anne Street Partners as head of strategy and advice. Jason Dunn will be responsible for the implementation of the firm's national business ...