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Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Senior executives of the big banks, superannuation funds, insurance companies and industry bodies have come together for the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. The initiative is an unprecedented collaboration with the aim of shaping an Australian ...

Countdown to 2019 FICAP Rockstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program's 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar?' is returning for 2019, promising to be bigger than ever. The FICAP 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar?' event is an annual fundraiser and singing competition in ...

Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
ASIC's fee-for-no-service report card shows the regulator and some financial advice licensees still have fundamentally different views on what constitutes a fee-worthy service. ASIC's fees-for-no-service further review report card has shone light on ...

FPA launches FASEA policy, education hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
Financial advisers can now access up to date and easy to understand information about education policy developments via an online education hub from the Financial Planning Association of Australia. The FPA's Return to Learn portal was rolled out this ...

Perpetual announces Fulbright scholar

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... to four months. This year's scholarship is valued at up to $30,000. Davids will use the scholarship to analyse the pathway to generate sustainable jobs for under-represented minorities by studying leading NGOs and historic institutions in the US ...

AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... outset that was not going to be a lot of fun. And then we also had FASEA drop their first bombshell when they set the pathway for their education standard. A graduate diploma with very little mechanism for any recognition of prior learning "We've basically ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... programs offer a great opportunity to develop professional skills. This is an example of how WIS is helping to support the pathway to leadership for our members," said Lata McNulty, chair of WIS NSW. Similarly, Women in Banking and Finance (WiBF) runs ...

Donations now accepted via Instagram

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
Instagram is set to add a feature that will allow its users to raise money for non-profits they are passionate about. Later this year the social-networking app will roll out a donations sticker for Instagram stories. Stickers are extra elements that ...

TAL to offer FASEA masterclass

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
TAL will offer a FASEA masterclass to help advisers meet the new education requirements. TAL said 2019 would see the life insurer support financial advisers to satisfy the FASEA education standards through its Risk Academy program. A new FASEA Masterclass ...

New rules for UK retirement income products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
The UK's pension fund industry is set to be hit with strict new investing rules, with proposed regulation designed to increase consumer engagement. The Financial Conduct Authority is concerned about consumers moving into drawdown and holding their funds ...