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FPA awards open to submissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... will personally invite these candidates to apply for the new award. "By creating appropriate recognition for outstanding academic achievement, we are supporting burgeoning professionals who may end up with careers in financial planning." The submissions ...

Griffith, FPA launch academic advice journal

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Griffith Business School and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will publish an academic journal dedicated to financial planning. The Financial Planning Research Journal will publish academic research around financial advice and it is aimed at ...

New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... AHL, which is focused on quantitative investing in the managed futures market. Narrated by Man AHL's chief scientist and academic liaison, Dr Anthony Ledford, the AHL Explains series cover everything clients need to know about trend following investing. ...

Finology expert to address AFA roadshow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... being presented to the community," Fox said. "The AFA sees a strong alignment with our education philosophy of balancing academic rigour with practical application and connecting knowledge with adviser performance". Lazenby will hold a two hour interactive ...

Franking credits matter, academics say

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Dismantling franking credits could have detrimental effects for shareholders and for the Australian economy, academics for the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) argued in a research paper. "There is ample evidence that Australian ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... coal and tar sands. Although the university said it will not divest from all fossil fuels, it's the latest in a group of academic institutions - including New Zealand's Victoria University, Glasgow University, Syracuse University, Soas University of ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... composition of the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) that includes a more appropriate balance of consumer, academic and industry representatives." Both superannuation representative groups say the potential of ASIC's Financial Advisers Register ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... geopolitical concerns. Explaining that his approach to investment research was underpinned by his network of industry, academic and political contacts, he said that "I talk to these people to gain foresight about the unfolding world. To put it poetically ...

TH Real Estate grows team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... TIAA-CREF, a US-based financial services group that provides advice and financial services to US employees working in academic, medical, cultural, governmental and research fields. "We are delighted William has chosen to join us and support our transactions ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
New Sydney-based fintech hub, Stone and Chalk, has promised early stage investors and organisations access to some of the city's best entrepreneurs on top of its recent chief executive announcement. Heading Stone and Chalk will be Australian-born Alex ...