Author Archive for: Rob Hardy

Entries by Rob Hardy

Advisers must avoid the managed account conflict trap

Managed accounts are exploding in popularity due to the clear advantages they offer licensees and their clients, but leading investment research house Lonsec has warned that advisers are gambling with their business if they don’t address potential and actual conflicts associated with in-house managed account products. According to Lonsec, advisers must look for ways to […]

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Lonsec’s Retire program to focus on helping advisers withstand the coming retirement storm

With Australia’s economic expansion under threat, house prices falling, and a wave of people set to retire over the next decade, financial advisers are under pressure to provide advice and solutions that can withstand Australia’s future retirement challenges. Lonsec’s Retire program addresses the growing need for the financial services industry to work together to come […]

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