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IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... scholarship winners into the fold," she said. "Participating in CIMA will ensure that I am fully up to- date with the latest academic and practical learning in portfolio construction for retail funds management, dealer groups and advisors," said CIMA ...

FPA launches consultation on financial planning education

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) established an independent educational council called FPEC, made up equally of the Academic and Professional community, to review the existing programs on offer and research the needs of the University community. ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... adequate. The debate about super-charging contribution rates to fund ever higher replacement ratios may, however, only be academic as a raft of Treasury papers already forecasts that even on 9% SG combined with part pension payments that people on average ...

Ibbotson secures NEO Financial Solutions mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... Ibbotson will help us establish a differentiated and customised investment offering based on its strong foundations in academic research, asset allocation, and portfolio construction services."

UniSuper responds to criticism

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
UniSuper, one of Australia's largest super funds, came under attack last night, confirming that in the post-GFC volatile investment landscape no fund is immune from criticism. ABC's 7.30 news program last night ran a report on the $27 billion university ...

AMP University Challenge winner named

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... University, its 2011 winner. Created by AMP and supported by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Planning Academic Forum, the competition is designed to raise the profile of financial planning among universities and give students the ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Clime Asset Management will welcome an Aboriginal trainee into its business next month, with a view to helping them develop into an investment professional and prompt other firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Super funds modeling their investment strategies on the highly successful Yale Endowment Fund should be careful, warns an academic. The Yale Endowment Fund (YEF) is famous for the high returns it achieves from investment in private equity funds, returns ...

AMP looks to uni for future planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
AMP is looking to university students to become the new generation of financial planners, mirroring the successful US program to attract new blood into the industry. AMP has launched the AMP University Challenge that will see university students from ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... worldwide. Wolnizer was awarded honours for service to higher education in the field of business and economics as an academic and administrator. Government figure, David Hillyard, has been a public servant in Western Australia for over 39 years. During ...