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Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... while asset 'rental' opportunities are likely to be driven by temporary, externally-directed, market distortions and technical conditions." The two main secular themes Rider discusses are demographics and technology. Populations in developed markets ...

Midwinter launches scaled advice division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... to pass on to our clients." Midwinter also appointed William Yang as senior software developer. Yang was previously technical lead on COIN at software company Rubik. Decimal Software business development manager Helen Thom joined Midwinter as business ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... does a downgrade closer to the forecast period. That's the fun analysis of "The Fund's" forecasting prowess. A more technical study was done by the Heritage Foundation back in 1999 titled, "How Reliable Are IMF Economic Forecasts?" (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1999/08/how-reliable-are-imf-economic-forecasts) ...

HLB Mann Judd appoints director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
An internal promotion has seen HLB Mann Judd Sydney appoint Kate Blecich as a director in Sydney's business advisory division. Blecich joined the firm of accountants and business advisers in 2011 as business performance improvement manager. She has ...

What becomes of the broken hearted?

TREVOR HARRIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The period between separation and divorce is fraught with estate planning dangers, CommInsure national technical manager Alex Koodrin explained at a recent Financial Standard Technical Services Forum in Sydney. Koodrin said that the average time period ...

Details of new SMSF accreditation revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... will be conducted online and is expected to launch in June. Ward said the accreditation will be as much about improving technical knowledge as it is about providing practical help. "We've tried to cover off lots of different professions so it's peppered ...

Spring FG promotes two execs to state manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... and an early inductee to the company's graduate recruit program, Michael has continued to develop and refine a sound technical understanding of investments, financial products and markets through his career and further education." "As one of our most ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... (SMSF) professionals must steel themselves against the criticism levelled at the sector, said AMP SMSF head of policy and technical Peter Burgess, who set out to dispel some of the charges made against SMSFs in a presentation at the SMSF Association ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... being rolled into SMSFs, but the trend is changing," the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said. He attributed the shift to the fact that many more people are retiring now ...

Netwealth appoints general manager for adviser channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... salaried financial planning businesses including experience in practice management, para planning, dealer group support, technical support, financial planning operations across retail and private banking will further boost the experience in the netwealth ...