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FINSIA expands professional network

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... FINSIA is also working with Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI). Whitehead said a Professional Banking Council will be established and supported by FINSIA to define appropriate standards of conduct, competence, and culture. FINSIA ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... many cases higher - as Wellington Investment Management managing director Aisling Freiheit noted at a Financial Services Council briefing in Sydney. "As a global equities manager, I can tell you that Australian clients probably have the lowest fees in ...

Bringing funds management to the masses

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
The Financial Services Council is aiming to make Australia's funds management industry more palatable to younger everyday consumers, arguing that investing in a managed fund is easier than buying a house. The FSC's Value of Professional Funds Management ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... performance has been falling since 2009 and its reading performance has been falling since 2012. According to the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), competency in these disciplines, which contributes to financial literacy performance ...

Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... well, and protect their future," Mu said. Mu's statement echoes his comments back in March at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, where he said he saw a "strong case for life and health coming together and creating ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... have gaining momentum. This is a fact not lost on ECB president Marion Draghi who declared after the bank's Governing Council meeting in April that, "It's true that growth is improving, things are going better. In 2016 we were speaking of a fragile and ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
The Financial Services Council, in conjunction with professional services firm EY, is calling on the nation's most innovative fintech developers to help revolutionise the Australian wealth and asset management industry by taking part in the inaugural ...

Top super chief executive named ACSI president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors will welcome a new president and deputy president in August. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk will become ACSI's third president, replacing current president Gerard Noonan (Media Super). LUCRF ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... While the university committed to divesting from several resource and mining companies in 2014, in October 2015 the ANU Council approved the appointment of an external portfolio manager to manage its domestic equities portfolio, removing itself completely ...

J.P. Morgan appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... banking businesses. Priestley will replace chair Sir Rod Eddington, who was appointed to establish the Asia Pacific Advisory Council, which aims to foster relationships with clients within the region. Eddington also sits on the board of Lion and 21st ...