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Perception is everything: Kewin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... cannot pretend the last year has been ok for me or for you. The pressures of the Royal Commission and its horror stories, education standards, the rising cost of advice, squeezed revenues; it's all unprecedented and providing advice is becoming hard." ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... hands of FASEA obviously, [which is] thinking about the credentialing requirements in the ongoing continued professional education requirements that will be imposed on the market here in Australia," Smith said in his opening address. Bar set too low ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... Commonwealth Bank wanted to make a positive contribution to financial literacy they could sponsor genuinely brand-free education initiatives." However the bank pushed back, pointing out its other in-school financial literacy program, Start Smart, does ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... helping others in need, he added. Further, as the winner of the Association of Financial Advisers' Excellence in Education Award for 2017, Ward received a scholarship for study via Kaplan Professional. Instead, Ward negotiated with Kaplan to provide ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... conversation advisers have with clients would cover funeral costs, debt repayment, income replacement and children's education expenses. But the missing link, Visser said, has been the actual cost of illness. The report takes a deep dive into 67 ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... work part-time - about three times more than men (16%). Ironically, young women continue to achieve higher levels of education than young men. As of 2017, the ABS shows 45% of women attained a bachelor's degree or higher by the age of 30 - only 32% ...

ASIC hires from Link Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
ASIC has hired a senior specialist in its investment managers and superannuation team from Link Group, the two parties confirmed. Melissa Birks was Link Group's in industry initiatives manager. She had been in the role since 2016. Prior to this, she ...

Easton buys SMSF service provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... the acquisition comes as the company sees more accountants entering financial advice. "FASEA's January 1 changes to education standards probably don't have the same amount of pressure for accounting practices as they do advice practices, as most accountants ...

Chartered accountants largely FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... said. A recent member survey found about 60% of CA ANZ advice practitioners are considering leaving the industry if the education requirements are legislated as currently proposed. A further 20% are still undecided. "The feedback we have received from ...

Boutique adds insto distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... aspirations can now be further developed." O'Brien is also a director of Oasis Africa, a charity focussed on sustainable education for children in Nairobi, Kenya. The appointment follows that of Dan Powell earlier this year as head of retail distribution. ...