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AustralianSuper manager awarded FINSIA scholarship

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... FINSIA, we are proud to support and guide the careers of talented individuals like Laura, and work towards raising the standards of professionalism in the financial services industry." "The FINSIA-Monash MBA scholarship award is an important part of ...

Countplus appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... member firm. As well as chairing the FPA for four years, Rowe was an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking manager at NAB and a corporate finance analyst at Westpac. "Countplus welcomes the ...

Professional standards spark SAFAA training

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... Solutions coincides with the passing of legislation for new requirements to raise the competency and ethical conduct standards of financial advisers, commencing 1 January 2019. This includes compulsory education requirements for new and existing financial ...

Advisers embrace new education regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... Financial advisers have wasted no time in readying themselves for the future following the passing of the professional standards legislation earlier this month. Mentor Education saw an immediate surge in enrolments in its programs after the Corporations ...

Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... year's Genxt Connect Tour. Speaking to a crowded Sydney ballroom, Fox plead financial advisers to take the financial standards legislation seriously, and to help the AFA on their journey towards becoming a professionally recognised association. "We want ...

Global fintech heralds Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... given the "slew of new reporting requirements" APRA is introducing in mid-2017. "As global regulators tighten reporting standards and requirements, we have experienced increased interest from financial institutions looking for a platform that is able ...

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... other natural ecosystems Low-carbon building; and Other projects covered by new or revised climate bond sector-specific standards. QTC chief executive Philip Noble said green bonds could be allocated to existing, new or ongoing eligible projects that ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... the best it can possibly be, whether it's through changes to provide people with more choice or better professional standards. The government is committed, like you, to making it happen," O'Dwyer told delegates. The minister acknowledged that not everyone ...

Act like a professional to be a professional: Slattery

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
To regain the trust of Australians the SMSF sector must maintain the standards expected and demanded of professionals and to think otherwise is delusional. Opening the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference in Melbourne, chief executive Andrea Slattery ...

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... said. Slattery also believes that the new statutory body being introduced as part of the recently passed professional standards legislation will engender trust. Though these factors were challenged by a delegate who questioned why the APRA-regulated ...