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ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... programs in Australian primary schools, including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the importance of saving by using the school to facilitate ...

Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... multi-manager portfolio manager in Australia and the US. He has a master's degree in finance from UNSW's Australian School of business and a bachelor of business and advanced diploma in financial planning from RMIT. "Bennett's extensive research ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... marketing campaign aimed at Australian children. "The Dollarmites program uses slick marketing to target primary kids at school, turning them into long-term customers of a bad-value bank," Kirkland said. "Once you factor in recent revelations that Commonwealth ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Financial advisers must band together to support their peers who are struggling to cope with the immense change occurring in the industry. Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference, Mindstar chief executive Aaron Williams said an increasing number ...

Perception is everything: Kewin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... retain the rich experience we have among us while also growing the profession and making it an aspirational career path for school leavers," he said. Also addressing delegates, AFA vice president Michael Novak said advisers should hold their heads high ...

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 ...