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AFA excellence in education award winner revealed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and Asteron Life have presented the 2016 AFA Excellence in Education Award this morning. Ascent Wealth Management's Stephen Nielsen was presented the award, while Steve Dobson of Mal Dobson & Associates was awarded ...

Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Roche Holding AG and the Michelin Group have topped Thomson Reuters' Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) index. The new index ranks the top 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide across 24 metrics to determine their diversity and inclusivity. The metrics ...

Zurich vet joins SuiteBox

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Zurich's former head of sales strategies life and investments has taken up a new role at subscription-based mobile office software provider SuiteBox. Andy Marshall, who worked with Zurich - initially as a regional sales manager - from 2012 to September ...

University launches free SMSF course

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has launched an online self-managed superannuation course as a growing number of Australians move to manage their own superannuation assets. Professor of finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, Adam Steen launched ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
K2 Asset Management says investor confidence was "the only true fatality" coming out of the Brexit referendum and it is encouraging investors to ride out the ebbs and flows of equity markets. In releasing the firm's FY16 results, chairman Campbell Neal ...

Rubik appoints Mortgages AM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Rubik Financial had appointed a new national account manager, mortgages. Based in Melbourne Jay Ellis will join Rubik, brining expertise in strategic sales across mortgage platforms and aggregation services. Ellis joins Rubik from Plan Australia where ...

FPA makes key policy and membership appointments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has made three key appointments in the roles of head of advice partnerships and membership, head of policy and policy manager. Jason Tattershall has been appointed head of advice partnerships and ...

ClearView appoints three new BDMs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
ClearView Wealth has appointed three new business development managers (BDMs), as the group positions itself for further growth. James Blanton has been appointed BDM NSW/ACT, Nick Dowling BDM VIC/TAS and Richard Monroe BDM QLD. Blanton joins ClearView ...

Financial services needs more female leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Australia is inside the top 10 of more than 30 countries when it comes to the percentage of women on financial services executive committees. The latest Women in Financial Services report prepared by management consultant Oliver Wyman shows women account ...

AstuteWheel launches one-hour estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Adviser platform AstuteWheel has launched its Astute Estate Planner service, which enables rapid implementation of the estate planning process. Specifically, the tool allows planners to "facilitate" the development of an estate plan - on which they ...