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Leading philanthropic couple honoured

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... Credit Loans Initiative Gender-wise Philanthropy Award: The WeirAnderson Foundation and International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) for the IWDA Communications Strategy Indigenous Philanthropy Award: Australian Communities Foundation and Woor-Dungin ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Nobody expected action from the European Central Bank's (ECB) July 26 meeting. The Bank did not disappoint. It kept its benchmark repo rate at 0% - so were the rates on its deposit facility (-0.4%) and marginal lending facility (0.25%) - and repeated ...

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... example, where the data reveals how much is paid out annually in mental health claims the project will inform the development of future public policy," she said. Over time the project will collect information on the insurance industry throughout its ...

Centrepoint Alliance bolsters distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The former head of advice partnerships and membership at the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has linked with Centrepoint Alliance. Jason Tattershall has been appointed as the second growth manager at the advice services group, taking ...

FASEA bumps adviser CPD to 50 hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Financial advisers will need to complete 50 hours of continuing professional development under new proposals from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. Releasing its draft guidance on CPD, FASEA is proposing the number of hours advisers ...

Fund manager boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... retail marketing at Man Investments Australia (Man Group). WFM added Banfield would oversee marketing and business development. Before his time at Platinum Mortgage Securities as head of investor relations, incoming Underdown spent several years in London ...

ASIC unveils RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... involved ASIC undertaking a feasibility study into whether it, or another government agency could provide or support the development a publicly accessible, consumer-facing facility that provides fee and cost information extracted from PDS' consumers ...

Australian Unity expands investment bond offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... opportunities to strengthen and grow Australian Unity's independent financial adviser channel, and will also lead the development of new products and services to support growth of the overall advice business. He reports directly to executive general ...

FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... existing advisers. Where longer breaks are taken, those advisers will undertake appropriate continuing professional development. FASEA's guidance recommends a supervisor within each practice be nominated to take responsibility for the provisional relevant ...

PPS Mutual creates state manager role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... overseeing relationships with investment platforms and other key partnerships. Prior to that, she was the national development manager of wealth protection at AMP and AXA, and has also worked at MLC. The specialist insurance company offers products designed ...