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TAL Risk Academy receiving "record" applications

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... advisers to provide consumers with invaluable life insurance products and service." He added: "A recent CoreData Risk Research study found that more than two thirds of advisers intend to embark on further professional development, so we knew there was ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer Paul Moore always wanted to be a stock picker. He bought his first shares in Blue Metal Industries (later taken over by Boral) while he was still at school and then bought Carlton & United Breweries while ...

Aberdeen names FEAL scholarship winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... such a vital contribution." FEAL chief executive Joanna Davison added: "We are delighted to again enable a FEAL member to study at the prestigious LSE Summer school program, and are very grateful to Aberdeen Asset Management for their generous suppor ...

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... Professor David Michayluk alerted that the changes might create a disincentive to save among younger Australians. In a joint study with Professor Paul Brockman of Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, he found that in Australia "younger people are wary about ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... demand that he worked harder than most regular 18-year-olds: "I got a job at the Reserve Bank of Australia and I had to study my degree at night", he says, and adds he has some regret because he missed "the good university years," but is fast to admit ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... taxes. Both Germany and Japan are expected to see the greatest declines in their working-age populations. According to one study (Have Analytics) these two countries could see working populations fall by around 20% between 2013 and 2038. The US is in ...

Women outperforming all men boardrooms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
A recently launched gender diversity index is showing ASX200 companies who have more than 25% of women on their boards are outperforming all male boardrooms by more than 7% per annum. The Diversity Index is produced by investment manager Infinitas and ...

Advisers turning to annuities for longevity risk

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... increased with 59% of planners intending to recommend annuity products in the coming year, up from 45% saying so in the previous study." "In recommending annuities, planners are responding to client concerns such as longevity risk.A Healthy client interest ...

Adviser wins Masters course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Professional Education was the main prize alongside four $1,000 scholarships from BT Financial Group to go towards professional study. The four scholarships were awarded to: Emma Arthur of SHB Business and Wealth Advisers; Amanda White of Skilled Paraplanning ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... 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) ...