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First Nations Foundation gets COVID-19 funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... funding to deliver COVID-19 support to women. The foundation was one of only four recipients of this funding from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. It has designed an online educational series in collaboration with Indigenous financial experts ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... avoid harm," O'Connor said. Conducted by the Deakin University Business School and supported by AMP Capital and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the report charts the composition, growth and performance of the impact investment industry ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... of April. "Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services, clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing, and department stores fell heavily in April and there were no offsetting rises in the other industries. Turnover in clothing, footwear and ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Beijing's beef with Canberra persist. Sadly, Australia would hurt more than it would hurt China. Data from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) show China accounted for 30.6% of Australia's total exports in fiscal year 2017/18 ...

FPA partners with Deakin University

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... professions, like accounting, who already embed designations into their academic programs." Deakin Business School department of accounting head Peter Carey said the move demonstrated the university's high quality educational options for financial planners. ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The Federal Department of Environment and Energy has certified a $50 billion superannuation fund as Australia's first carbon neutral fund. HESTA is the first super fund to be certified carbon neutral for emissions produced from its operations. Chief ...

HESTA appoints new director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... employment, governance and discrimination matters. Ismail's previous roles include principal lawyer at the Victorian Department of Education, senior associate at Holding Redlich Lawyers and senior legal officer at the Attorney-General's Department. She ...

FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... stakeholders. Foreign qualifications FASEA will now recognise advisers who have had their assessments already assessed by Department of Education and Training (DET) approved bodies such as CAANZ and CPA. FASEA will undertake assessment for a fee of foreign ...

New degree tackles adviser education standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... seeking to update their qualifications, UTS said. Associate professor and deputy chair of the UTS Business School finance department Marco Navone said the postgraduate degree was developed following extensive consultation with industry, and is structured ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... boards of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Australian Council of Financial Regulators. He was also a secretary to the Department of Treasury for three and a half years. "Mr Fraser has substantial experience and expertise at the highest levels of corporate ...