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Superannuation

Not on our watch: ASIC

In the 12 months to June 2006, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has recorded a 34 per cent increase in action against illegal investment schemes, 90 per cent more civil orders against professional misconduct and enforcement ...

Job mobility 12 per cent: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
While 20 per cent of people employed in February this year had been with their current employer for less than 12 months, actual job mobility is stable at 11.7 per cent of the workforce.

Live long and prosper

Advisers take note. Your client might just live to the ripe young age of 120 years, said cardiologist Dr Maurice Rosenbaum as he explained the secrets of longevity in Australia.

Boost your business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
The average age of advisory practice principals is 58 and half expect to exit their businesses within the next two years. To do this on terms that advisers will accept mean they have to convert their practices into businesses that can be operated by ...

PIS' Edmondson wins 2006 AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
Troy Edmondson has taken out the Zurich 2006 AFA Adviser of the Year Award, presented at a gala dinner to conclude the 60th Annual AFA Conference last night.

IXIS scores JANA mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
IXIS Asset Management Australia has been awarded a $48 million mandate from JANA Investment Advisers.

Advice in 2020

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
What will the advice industry look like in 2020? Peter Bobbin from the Argyle Partnership posed the question to a panel of high powered industry thought leaders at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) conference.

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

Perennial Investment Partners is re-evaluating its global fixed income strategy with its five year contract with Legg Mason owned overseas manager Western Asset Management (WAM) ending today.

Build a realistic charging model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
Before you can design a proper charging model for your services you have to understand very clearly the value of what it is you actually deliver to your clients.

Sen Chapman explains Parliamentary Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
Holding his cards close to his chest, Senator Grant Chapman, Chairman of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry, gave a few hints about the big issues confronting the Inquiry.