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FICAP announces new charity partner

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has announced Learning Links as its newest charity partner. The 11th charity to be supported by FICAP since 2006, Learning Links was established by parents concerned about the lack of appropriate ...

QIC announces board appointments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Australian investment giant QIC recently added a New York-based real estate investment expert to its board. Joining the board is Professor Patrice Derrington, whose experience includes directorships and executive positions at JP Morgan Chase, Lower ...

ASIC adds life insurance to school curriculums

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... via a different means of delivery, schools in the United States are also benefitting from financial literacy initiatives; rock band Gooding is travelling the country, performing live for students and delivering lessons on a range of financial issues. ...

IOOF subsidiary partners with venerable global non-profit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
An IOOF subsidiary entered into a historic partnership with one of the world's leading global private foundations, which has been in operation for more than a century. Australian Executor Trustees (AET), part of the IOOF group, will collaborate with ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Macquarie Australia Plus Fund has taken out a key accolade at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Alternative Investment Awards. The awards, which recognise alternative investment managers who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and ...

Infocus buys influential advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Infocus acquired a leading holistic financial advice business to provide the wealth manager with a Sydney office and to continue growing its national salaried advice strategy. Announcer, led by chief executive Andrew Rocks, will now fall under the Infocus ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Here we go again, extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep ...

Advice and real estate firms align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Financial advice firm Announcer Group has officially partnered with one of Australia's fastest-growing real estate services businesses. After three years of working together, Announcer and McGrath Estate Agents formalised a strategic referral partnership ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
The first snapshot results of the 2016 Census have been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and for the wealth management industry they paint a picture of a rapidly changing nation and marketplace. For starters, population growth is increasing. ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between recent indications that growth in the economy has stalled - lacklustre growth in employment ...