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Frontier Advisors wins industry fund contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Frontier Advisors will continue to provide asset consulting services to a $9 billion superannuation fund for a further three years. NGS Super announced it reappointed Frontier Advisors, its asset consultant since 2015. Newly appointed NGS Super chief ...

ASIC delays adviser reporting deadlines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
ASIC has delayed reporting dates relating to the professional standard reforms for financial advisers. On 1 August 2018, ASIC announced existing financial advisers that don't appear on its Financial Adviser Register (FAR) will be forced to complete ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Wall Street has fallen! Repeat, Wall Street has fallen! The financial headlines made sure that you, I and Irene are spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden ...

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 & ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Alternative risk premia mandates from institutional investors decreased slightly last financial year, but it's hardly a global slowdown, according to an international investment consultant. The latest asset manager intelligence and market trends ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Australians are not alone when it comes to leaving retirement savings on the table from a lack of financial literacy. However, Europeans arguably face a steeper learning curve. The J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2018 Income Barometer Survey, which interviewed ...

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 ...

AFA Foundation celebrates record year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The AFA Foundation raised a record amount in FY18, bringing in more than $300,000 for its partner charities. In announcing the result, AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur thanked AFA members for their generous donations over the last 12 months. ...

Former AFA president recognised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A former national president of the Association of Financial Advisers has been awarded the 2018 Michael Murphy Award. Dugald Mitchell, who served as AFA national president in 1987-88, was recognised for his dedication to the betterment of the financial ...

Random questions forge deep connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
First time attendees to the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference 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 ...