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Lifeplan appoints national BDM

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... appointment increases the experience and depth of the leadership team within Lifeplan Funds Management and provides additional technical and sales support to the BDM team. "Greg's years of experience as a financial planner, in conjunction with his ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
an you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? The heebie-jeebies, that is, coz it's October. September maybe the month which, on average, is the worst month of the year but October - few and far between they may be - is the month of spectacular ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... devalued advice by offering it as a loss leader into a product sale." The consulting group noted that this has resulted in "technical capabilities and skills required to deliver high quality advice being undervalued relative to sales capabilities." Another ...

Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... to at least an undergraduate degree level. Advisers should go through a practical experience component that includes technical education and a mentor program of three years practical experience, similar to that of the Chartered Accountants program. Membership ...

Frontier makes three key appointments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... values and philosophies. To maintain this, we are always patient in our recruitment to ensure we find the right mix of technical skill, diversity in experience, and cultural alignment."

Movers and shakers

... bank-aligned financial advisers. Kraszula has been with Asteron Life since January 2004, when he joined as underwriting and technical development manager. He was appointed to the role of executive manager of risk assessment in May 2005 and has been responsible ...

SPAA launches pilot program for "complex" issues

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has developed a new online technical mentoring pilot program for its specialist members with focus on complex and difficult scenarios. The new educational program is available to members holding ...

IOOF appoints national technical manager

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Financial services company IOOF has appointed a new national manager, technical services. A long-term participant in the financial services industry Kate Anderson has joined IOOF from Super IQ, where she was the head of technical. In her role Anderson ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The push for more independent super fund trustees has been spurred by flawed assumptions, reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor ...