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Women in Super launch 2017 scholarships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Applications for the third annual Women in Super and AGSM@UNSW Business School scholarship program are now open. The scholarship provides members of the Women in Super NSW chapter with the opportunity to attend one of the Australian Graduate School ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Industry Super Australia says growth in the SMSF sector is a result of members having low levels of financial literacy. Citing a 2016 working paper from CIFR, ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said the 5.5% increase in SMSF membership in 2015 was ...

Advisers embrace new education regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Financial advisers have wasted no time in readying themselves for the future following the passing of the professional standards legislation earlier this month. Mentor Education saw an immediate surge in enrolments in its programs after the Corporations ...

Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... ceiling but we won't be able to do that until we improve the level of confidence and trust in financial advice as a profession - you as individuals, and us as professional bodies," Fox said. Citing a portion of Tim Minchin's famous graduation speech ...

Penklis returns with $275m private equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
Quadrant co-founder George Penklis, who stepped back from the industry in 2014, has returned to launch a new private equity fund in partnership with three other professionals. Odyssey Private Equity, which recently concluded a $275 million institutional ...

TCorp appoints new balance sheet head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
After unveiling its new leadership team last week, TCorp announced the further appointment of its head of funding and balance sheet. In this new position Fiona Trigona will oversee the funding strategy for TCorp loans and grow the company's investor-base. ...

Bligh appointed ABA chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... industry's willingness to change. "Anna's focus will firmly be on the culture within banking and lifting respect for our profession; creating a strong vision for customers and on how our industry responds and leads on regulatory reform," Thorburn said. ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The superannuation system must be the best it can possibly be to ensure that every Australian is confident in controlling their own destiny. That was the overarching theme of Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's address to the ...

Association and regulator join forces for industry benefit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Marking an Australian first, the SMSF Association announced a strategic partnership with one of the biggest financial services regulators. The association has entered a three-year strategic partnership with the Australian Tax Office to ensure effective ...

FPA expels and fines dishonest member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... significant financial harm, but the CRC dismissed his claims, stating that expulsion was necessary for the protection of the profession, and the protection of the public. "The public need to be able to trust the professionalism and ethics of the FPA's ...