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Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... excellent initiative for consumers." However, she added that advisers' competency should not only be measured by their technical knowledge: "skills such as being able to build trust with clients can't be measured. We are the person that clients call ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
"Having money isn't everything, not having it is." - Kanye West Nah Virginia, at my (middle) age, I'm not one who enjoys hip hop, techno, punk, goth or beats... let alone rap. But yankee-doodle-dandy rapper Kanye's words aptly describe the fall and ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... development team operating across the IFA, aligned and bank adviser channels. Meanwhile, Rachel Leong has joined BT as product technical manager, life insurance. Leong was previously technical strategy manager at Suncorp subsidiary Asteron Life. Head ...

AFA presents Excellence in Education award

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... his commitment to excellence in behaviour, attitude, knowledge and accountability. "We know that increasing both the technical and practical education of advisers is vital to improving consumer confidence in our profession. Peter has demonstrated his ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Royal and Sun Alliance as an actuarial analyst, a role she describes as being "somewhere between the business and the technical actuarial element." She soon decided to strengthen her business profile and took some time off work in 2002 to study a masters ...

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 ...