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FPA award finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... Paraplanner of the Year. Finally, the finalists for the FPA University Student of the Year Award are Mary Hadgis of University of South Australia, Mitchell Harrison of Deakin University and Griffith University's Paul Travis. The FPA's Future2 Foundation ...

New study taps into investor behavior

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... could help investors overcome fixation with purchase prices and limit losses. Researchers from Monash University, University of Melbourne and La Trobe University conducted three separate clinical tests with 68 participants at the Monash Business Behavioral ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An industry-backed hedge fund has launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael ...

Gonski asks philanthropists to have more heart

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... forms, the financial services veteran said. He cited a recent university visit (Gonski is also chancellor at the University of New South Wales) where a successful PhD student was more than satisfied to continue her research on AIDS as opposed to taking ...

Stale boys club lingers on: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... while about half report offensive behaviour or exclusion from work events based on their gender. According to the University of Sydney, a study of 127 women working in investment management in Australia showed 13% have experienced sexual harassment. ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... drive its mental health strategy. Over the course of 2017, it also partnered with the Black Dog Institute and the University of Sydney as part of its commitment to improving mental health outcomes. Neil Greenberg, a defence mental health professor at ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... after the ethics and interests of members has shifted from super fund trustees and directors to the regulators, University of New South Wales associate professor Anthony Asher says. Regulators should be making sure super funds are fulfilling their social ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... now worth over $2 trillion a year, a specialist consumer organisation in this space is long overdue," Mack said. University of Sydney Business School professor of finance Susan Thorp rounds out the SCC's board.

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... aspects of financial literacy and by considerable measure, according to the latest HILDA survey. For the latest study, University of Melbourne researchers administered a five-point financial literacy test, assessing respondents on numeracy, inflation ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... vastly improve the way customers search for and track the ongoing status of financial advice providers," he said. University of New South Wales Business School professor of finance Jerry Parwada, who co-authored the white paper with Hoven, said: "At ...