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AFA collaborating for education framework rethink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers is calling on the broader financial services sector to help shape a new framework for adviser education, acknowledging all other existing frameworks in the market. The industry body will work with the Beddoes Institute ...

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... will effectively extend the global footprint of the FChFP designation and demonstrates that, with its focus on balancing academic studies with applied practice development, the FChFP is a very highly recognised and respected designation across the world," ...

IRESS to support boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
A new partnership will see IRESS provide portfolio management systems to a boutique investment manager. Acorn Capital will use the IRESS Portfolio System (IPS), selecting it for the efficiencies provided by its integrated portfolio management and trading ...

TelstraSuper commits to innovation

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
TelstraSuper is betting on disruptive technology being developed at Australian and global universities after partnering with intellectual property commercialisation company IP Group. Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund has placed $35 million ...

Human rights considerations are good for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... assessing the capacity of an investee to maintain their social licence into the future." In a meta-study of more than 200 academic studies, industry reports, newspaper articles, and books, the University of Oxford and Arabesque Management showed 88% ...

Oxford University assisting Aussie advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Australian financial advisers can now access a new risk profiling tool already adopted by advisers, investment firms and banks globally. Launched by Oxford University subsidiary Oxford Risk, the Oxford Risk Rating Online platform is designed by academics ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... traditional active equity strategies, which rely on company-specific research, factor-based investing uses rules based on academic research to screen for securities which display certain characteristics, Pappas said. He said rules-based active funds ...

Advisers to be judged by peers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Whether or not individuals in financial services should be banned for misconduct may be decided by their peers, with ASIC calling on the industry to consult on the establishment of a new panel. The proposed Financial Services Panel would provide the ...

Financial advice standards body revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... personalities, FASEA comprises three financial services professionals, three consumer advocacy experts, an ethicist and an academic. Former NAB director Catherine Walter has been appointed as inaugural chair. Responsible for maintaining board cohesion ...

'Retire ready' is more than a large super balance

EMMA RAPAPORT, STEPHEN FAY  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... that they've got is a complete one, and one they can live with on the journey," Rogers said. Irving, a researcher and academic at the University of South Australia, presented her findings of an industry sponsored study which explored how mature aged ...