Industry
Australia’s IOOF profits fall after trimming adviser business
One of Australia’s biggest and oldest independent financial advice and wealth management companies, IOOF, has posted a 45% drop in net profit for the six months to 31 December 2016.
Best Practice | 16 Feb 17
How strong ethics can help overcome distrust
With perception often speaking louder than truth, Simon Webley, research director for the Institute of Business Ethics, believes preservation of trust within a business, externally and internally, must be a top priority for management.
Sentiment toward equities drops sharply in 2017, research shows
Investor confidence in the stock market has halved in the past two years due to the joint impact of political uncertainty and low interest rates, according to research from the UK’s Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
Investment | 15 Feb 17
Is there still opportunity to be found in the FANGs? (or Apple?)
They are used to double-digit revenue growth and boast some of the most well-known brands in the world, but do the likes of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (FANG) still offer opportunities this year?
Best Practice | 15 Feb 17
Provisca brings UK standards to int’l pension transfers
International product distribution company Provisca has signed a partnership agreement to market and distribute The QROPS Bureau’s independent technical support, due diligence and compliance support service to advisers outside the UK.