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XPLAN expands adviser training offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... delivered in a face-to-face classroom format, via WebEx virtual classrooms and a range of eLearning units, all of which are free of charge to XPLAN licence holders. More than 3000 users attend face-to-face XPLAN training sessions every year, with many ...

AFA shines spotlight on peer learning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... ear, or as complicated as discussing a complex business problem." The sessions are unstructured with advisers and mentors free to decide how it will run, at the close of which they may choose whether or not to continue the mentoring relationship post-conference. ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Financial services' rapid deployment of intelligent customer-facing technologies are "existentially threatening" to a majority of the sector's employees, latest research shows. Three quarters (76%) of the 1390 respondents in a Microsoft survey believe ...

Turning lazy cash into super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... issue around the lack of retirement savings; especially for the tap-to-pay generation." The Carrott app is available for free download for both Android and iOS.

Lower returns but higher balances for SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... on the investment front. From our perspective, this is why its critical superannuation has a sustained period of stability free from significant changes to give trustees greater confidence in the system," Hogan said. Accurium general manager Douglas ...

AFIC chief to depart, successor named

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The managing director and chief executive of Australia's oldest listed investment company, the Australian Foundation Investment Company, will step down from his role in December. Ross Barker has served as AFIC's chief executive since 2001; he took on ...

Hands off super: SMSFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... system that can deliver the best retirement savings outcomes for members. "The system needs a sustained period of stability free from significant changes, especially changes to taxation settings, to allow members to have confidence in the system and ...

Freedom Insurance sells stake in NobleOak

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Life insurance distributor Freedom Insurance Group is selling a stake in its issuer NobleOak Life after finalising a $7 million sale of its non-core investment in the company. The original investment was made in conjunction with the arrangement for ...

Infradebt attracts super fund investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Australia's first 100% fossil free superannuation fund will give its members access to nation-building infrastructure projects like solar farms and social infrastructure with a new multi-million dollar investment. Future Super, which manages more than ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... Ethical, BNY Mellon and HSBC have also joined in support among numerous other financial services firms. "An equitable society, free of discrimination, also allows all employees to function at their best," the letter stated. "Not only is marriage equality ...