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More data leads to more bad decisions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... That was the message of evolutionary biologist Rebecca Costa's speech that closed the Financial Services Conference in Cairns. "Ninety per cent of the data we use to make decisions is unstructured, and to me unstructured means unusable," she said. The ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... the Australian economy," Caton said. The senior financial services executive made the comments at a breakfast event in Cairns marking the closing day of the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s annual conference. Caton's comments echo those of Mercer senior ...

FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... of the scheme is to be guaranteed. That was the consensus of an expert panel gathered at the FSC's annual conference in Cairns. The panel included Liz Gray, a partner at global law firm K&L Gates with extensive experience in managing financial services ...

FSC Conference: Experts forecast FSI outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... outlined his expectation at the opening session of the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s three day annual conference in Cairns. He was joined in the discussion by Franklin Templeton managing director Maria Wilton and the chief executive for the government ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... #fscannual for a chance to win 'Tweet of the Day' and 'Tweet of the Conference'. To be held on the 6-8th August at the Cairns Convention Centre, registrations are still open. Financial Standard is a media partner of the FSC.

Financial Wisdom to face class action for poor advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Ivantsoff said. The firm will meet next month with Meridien Wealth clients who suffered financial losses next month in Cairns. Meridien Wealth was an authorised representative of CBA-owned Financial Wisdom and a series of wrong behaviour by one of its ...

AFA to recognise best adviser and best practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Award applications open 9 June 2014 and close 8 August 2014 with the winners announced at the AFA National Conference, in Cairns 11-14 October, 2014.

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... for the seventh AFA Excellence in Education Award, which will be presented in October at the AFA National Conference in Cairns. The award recognises advisers who invest in themselves, their staff and their business, to raise professional standards through ...

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... suffer once the US tapering starts, Threadneedle Investments Asia and Emerging Market Equities investment specialist Douglas Cairns said. Indonesia, India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil will be the worst affected countries, mainly because of their ...