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Industry must collaborate to defeat cyber threats

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
The financial services industry must collaborate with academics and governments if it wishes to have an impact on cyber threats, according to group chief information security officer at Westpac Banking Group, Richard Johnson. Addressing a panel on the ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... future. Harvard University professor Jason Mitchell will address the conference in partnership with Kaplan to discuss academic leadership. A professor is the university's psychology department and principal investigator at the Harvard Cognitive and Affective ...

ASFA names KPMG partner as new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... of Ireland, is a former senior Fulbright scholar and has extensive research and policy experience from his time as an academic. Jim Minto will continue as interim chief executive until Fahy commences in November. "The Board and I would like to thank ...

Digital key to greater trust, literacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... who represents himself or herself as an expert to actually have expertise and for that expertise to be demonstrated by academic qualifications. "There's no doubt that new financial planners absolutely should have that academic background and my view ...

AU wins Herston Quarter mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Queensland Government has confirmed Australian Unity as the preferred tenderer for the $1.1 billion Herston Quarter project in Brisbane. Australian Unity plans to develop and play a continued role in an integrated health, ageing and research precinct ...

ACFS head departs to Vic government

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... ACFS since 2014. ACFS advisory board chair Maria Wilton said: "Amy has leveraged her commercial acumen and business and academic relationships to grow the Centre's contribution and profile. The Financial Integration in Asia project and Stage 4 of Funding ...

Former Sunsuper CIO joins advisory firm

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... chief investment officer at Sunsuper and an executive director at AMP Asset Management. He has published widely in both academic and practitioner journals, and is currently an adjunct professor of finance at the Paul Woolley Centre, UTS, Sydney and a ...

Fee and return disclosures influence retirement choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
A group of researchers have developed strategies to advance superannuation member engagement with retirement plan choices, particularly focusing on fee and return disclosures. In a working paper recently published by the Centre of Excellence in Population ...

Industry fund appoints new CSO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... with Westpac in strategic marketing, having previously worked as a corporate lawyer and corporate finance executive. His academic achievements include a Bachelor of Laws (Hon), Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and an Executive ...

Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... degree', such as a bachelor of commerce with a small number of financial planning electives." Chair of the Mentor Education academic board, David Lamond added to this and said: "What we're keen to see is that the bachelor of financial planning becomes ...