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AFA heralds adaptability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... technology and industry disruptors. The call follows the conclusion of the AFA Leaders Forum community of practice business summit (the Leaders Forum Business Summit), which took 15 invited delegates from the country's leading advice practices through ...

Impact investing on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... impact objective. Yet Dezelan said the conversation had now shifted from words to action. At a recent impact investment summit in The Hague, Dezelan said "there was enough impact managers present there to see how it is possible to invest and make reasonable ...

QIC makes first agribusiness acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... agribusiness strategy and intention to grow the "beef industry to meet new Asian demand" at the Northern Queensland Economic Summit in late 2015. NAP is one of Australia's largest agricultural enterprises, covering 5.8 million hectares across Queensland ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... blockchain with a view to address many of the technology inefficiencies in the $2 trillion super industry. At an internal super summit in Wollongong yesterday, Pillar chief executive Peter Brook announced the administrator intends to establish blockchain ...

Super fund outflow ratios cause for concern

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... outflow ratios trending upwards as an issue that may impact their future viability. Speaking at the Banking and Wealth Summit in Sydney yesterday, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) deputy chairman Helen Rowell described the issue as "critical" ...

Super needs consolidation: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... customers to make decisions that will improve their retirement outcomes." Walsh made the comments ahead of a banking and wealth summit in Sydney today and added that developing a more diverse retirement income market in terms of products, providers and ...

Indigenous workers retire with 27pct less: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... prompted by discussions with members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community at the 2015 AIST Indigenous Super Summit which highlighted the lack of data collected on indigenous superannuation fund members both by superannuation funds and ...

Wilson AM commits to Pledge 1% philanthropy movement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... product, 1% of equity, or 1% of employee time to improve communities around the world. Speaking at the Nexus Australia Youth Summit in Sydney, Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson said the company's commitment to making a difference involved ...

Advisers under the Periscope

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The annual Business Innovation and Social Advice Summit hosted by The Social Adviser is kicking off next week, with financial advisers given the option to follow select sessions through Periscope. Periscope is the new livestreaming video app launched ...

Morningstar appoints head of sales and distribution

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... was a consultant and mentor in leadership and sales and a co-producer for the inaugural Conscious Capitalism Australia Summit, a not-for-profit, member-based organisation supporting and advancing the growth of the conscious capitalism movement. From ...