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RC interim report is fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Findings in Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report are fair and reasonable, according to Financial Standard's latest spot poll. The interim report, which summarised his views of the first four rounds of hearings, included financial advice ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... longstanding Dollarmites program. Executive general manager of the bank's retail arm, Mark Jones said CBA is proud of its school banking program, which has been running now for 87 years. "We are proud to have been able to help children develop good savings ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... for study via Kaplan Professional. Instead, Ward negotiated with Kaplan to provide scholarships to West Australian high school students considering a career in financial services. In presenting the scholarships, Leda presents a financial literacy seminar ...

New study taps into investor behavior

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... easy to convince their client to hold on to a losing asset for too long in the hope of market reversal," Monash Business School researcher Dr Kristian Rotaru said. Previous studies suggest that the disposition effect - the theory where investors sell ...

How much your advice business will be worth in 2023

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... Professionals (AIOFP) chair Adrian Raftery said - a former financial planner and who works at Deakin University's Business School as a director of professional and executive execution. Raftery expects one-third of advisers will leave the industry in ...

Industry fund recognised for data security expertise

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
One of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds is being rewarded for its data management capabilities, winning a multi-billion dollar bid to operate Victoria's land titles and registry business for the next 40 years. First State Super will ...

AIOFP slams FASEA proposals, launches petition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Sydney-based practice Capital Wise takes Daly's board position. The rest of the board comprises Johnston, UTS Business School director Sarath Delpathitra, Lifespan adviser and academic Halle Yilmaz and Pinn Deavin Group executive chair Michael Pi ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... 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
... Department of Social Services, with research undertaken by Roger Wilkins and Inga Lass at the University of Melbourne's school of applied economics and social research. The OECD International Network on Financial Education defines financial literacy ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... 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 stake is the threat to retail customers' ...