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Time is up for the static portfolio mix: JPMAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Investors who maintain a simple static allocation mix will have to come to terms with a trajectory of falling returns, according to the 2017 edition of J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions. For investors looking to achieve ...

WAM proposes LIC takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Wilson Asset Management has submitted a new proposal to take over management of an ASX-listed investment company. Century Australia Investments, for which Perennial Value Management is currently investment manager, was previously given a WAM restructure ...

NAB FP cuts junior advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... transition of eligible advisers to NAB FP's self-employed franchise business. General manager of NAB FP, Tim Steele, said the extra 30 roles will include adviser roles and customer support roles. "The changes include enhanced support for our financial ...

SelectingSuper announces super fund of the year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... long term. Rainmaker said: "In addition their insurance cost is very competitive at default level as are their fees and extra services such as financial planning and member engagement." UniSuper also collected the Retirement Select Choice Product of ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Customer expectations have irrevocably shifted in the era of "service aggregation" and super funds ignore this at their peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference ...

VicSuper highlights retirement struggles

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... felt that aged care would be too expensive. Dundon said products like VicSuper's guaranteed income products can provide an extra layer of financial security in retirement. "Australians are living far longer but still retiring in their sixties, putting ...

Suncorp CFO says financial services disenfranchised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Big businesses need to stop using government delay and political uncertainty as an excuse for deferred investment, according to Suncorp chief financial officer Steve Johnston. Speaking on the disconnect between government and business at a Trans-Tasman ...

New advisers in need of extra training

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
A training program launched by Partners Wealth Group is hoping to equip new financial advisers with the client relationship tools they may not gain through academic studies. The Partners Wealth Group Associate Advisor Academy (AAA) has been designed ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Australia NAB business confidence The latest NAB business survey showed business confidence and business conditions declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is ...

Rainmaker Information selected by CANSTAR

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... and more than 2500 individual fee packages. Among Rainmaker's database are 16,482 individual insurance policy options, 51 extra benefits and services categories and more than 24 years of historical fund performance data.