Hot business tip number 17: Learn from leading advisers

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Zurich has sponsored the AFA Adviser of the Year award for more than a decade, and over that time we have seen some of Australia’s leading advisers involved as nominees... Read more continue reading

Accounting businesses under pressure as Gen X and Y baulk at equity and succession offers

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The traditional accounting business model based on a partner infrastructure is under pressure as X and Y generation accountants baulk at taking up equity in these practices said Connect Financial... Read more continue reading

Hiring, firing and remuneration – 2015 Trends

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The results of The Dawson Partnership 2015 Hiring Intentions survey highlighted a marked turn-around and improvement in participant sentiment. The 8% uplift in hiring intentions over the 2014 year is... Read more continue reading

Positive hiring intentions show it’s not all gloom and doom

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The Q2 2015 Hudson Report: Employment Trends[1] has revealed a broadly positive outlook for the jobs market, with net intentions to hire remaining strong into the second quarter of the... Read more continue reading

Be savvy about your taxes for peace of mind

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Be aware of the tax implications when you make investments to manage expenses and rest easy, says James Dunn, leading investment educator on Wealth Know How. “Any income you receive... Read more continue reading

Video: The intergenerational advice challenge and solution – Part 3

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Part 3: Aged care and the changing boomer equation Zurich’s recent Intergenerational Advice Masterclasses not only brought to advisers deep research, practical solutions and a process to the challenge of... Read more continue reading

10 mistakes that advice businesses keep making

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I was given a challenge for a recent conference presentation:  Identify the top mistakes which hold advice businesses back from achieving their full potential. After much deliberation I settled on... Read more continue reading

Client reporting vendor Vermillion sets up shop in Sydney

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Vermilion Software, the leading supplier of client reporting and communications software, announces the opening of its Australian office. Vermilion has been pressing further into the Asia Pacific region since the... Read more continue reading

Advisers continue to pursue own AFSL as viable solution for the future

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Alex Euvrard, Associate Director of specialist industry consultancy My Dealer Services Pty Ltd (MDS) has confirmed that the company is receiving a record number of enquiries from advisers seeking to... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital demystifies goals-based investing through new adviser website

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AMP Capital has launched a website for financial advisers to help them have conversations with their clients about goals-based investment strategies. Goals-based investing is an approach whereby an adviser identifies... Read more continue reading