Professional Adviser focus is firmly on client services and not FoFA in 2014

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A recent survey of professional advisers has revealed that their main focus is on delivering value and services to their clients rather than waiting for FoFA to be finalised. The... Read more continue reading

Tomorrow’s advice model, today

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Advisers building tomorrow’s customer centric advice businesses Financial advisers are rapidly evolving and the industry is starting to see a new breed of professionals – tackling the challenges of an... Read more continue reading

Australian women can have it all

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Many Australian women appear to have a mistaken belief that they must sacrifice quality of life today in order to have a satisfactory standard of living in retirement, according to... Read more continue reading

US debt ceiling: is there a long-term solution?

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Thankfully politicians in the US can at least agree on one thing – that America defaulting on its obligations would be a “bad thing”. And so it was recently at... Read more continue reading

Million Dollar Round Table experience 2014 in Malaysia – call for members & non-members to attend

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In February next year, Kuala Lumpur will host the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) The Premier Association of Financial Professionals® prestigious MDRT Experience 2014. Scheduled to be held from February 13-15,... Read more continue reading

How to get the most out of that BDM visit – an Insider’s View

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The best interest test within FoFA carries an enforceable duty of care when it comes to making investment product selections on behalf of your client. By extension, it therefore pays... Read more continue reading

The workplace of the future is all about you

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A new report has found that the workplace of the future will be designed around the individual, that work will be done in the cloud yet workers will have their... Read more continue reading

What’s holding women back? Are quotas the answer?

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There has been a groundswell of debate recently on why it is that women are still under-represented in senior positions and on boards.  Most notably, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has... Read more continue reading

Top social entrepreneurs call for Government support

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“Social entrepreneurship can relieve Government of the financial burden of supporting the socially disadvantaged, while still making a profit and creating jobs, but the key to success lies in persistence... Read more continue reading