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CBA executive recognised for mentee commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
A Commonwealth Bank executive was recognised for her unwavering commitment to improving the lives of Australia's most marginalised teenage girls at the Financial Executive Women 2017 Leadership Conference in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure head of business ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Financial advisers looking to increase their level of education in the face of the professional standards legislation can now do so through a joint venture between knowITdigital and vocational education provider Monarch Institute. Users of knowITdigital's ...

Sunsuper overhauls TPD cover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Sunsuper has overhauled its total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover in a move that will see an average premium reduction of 15% for more than 90% of its one million members. The new product, TPD Assist, will remove waiting periods for the ...

First State Super restructures top brass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
First State Super has restructured its leadership team with the creation of two new senior executive positions The $53 billion not-for-profit fund's chief executive Michael Dwyer said the move would help meet the evolving needs of members. Guy McAliece ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge and the HIA New home sales figures for January. In equities news, Vocation is expected to release half year results. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher, buoyed by speculation about a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,354, with 5,643 contracts traded. Vocation's stocks were down 40 per cent, or 20 cents, to 30 cents at 1016 AEDT, after the education and training group downgraded its ...

Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... executive Mark Rantall said. "These four Australians have all made a difference in the lives of others through their chosen vocation," he added. "We firmly believe that planners are doing the same in the lives of their clients, and the congress is about ...

Young shy away from joining advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The number of new advisers entering the industry is insufficient despite numerous initiatives to encourage young people to become financial planners. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that "there ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
The continuing US shutdown is beginning to slow pension payments, with fears growing some payments could stop. The US secretary for the Veterans Administration Benefits and Services, Eric Shinseki, appeared end last week before the Congress committee ...

ATO launches superannuation video comp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched its annual video competition and this year the theme is superannuation engagement for young people. The ATO has also opened the video competition to any student from any Australian tertiary or vocational ...