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Most paraplanners will not become financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... Paraplanner Hub Survey, they suggest more needs to be done about supporting career progression of paraplanners by providing technical support, development, and education. Paraplanners that have the biggest desire to move to adviser roles are employed ...

Positive hiring outlook for 2022: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... was closely followed by reskilling/upskilling existing employees (36%) and finding candidates who possess the right technical skills (36%). "Competition for talent is strong, and professionals with in-demand skills are aware of the hiring market challenges ...

Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
With a surge of US tech stocks on the rise, Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief strategist Seema Shah stresses the need to be discerning when evaluating them. A jump in bond yields has seen technology stocks become collateral damage and underperforming ...

Zurich makes key health appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... Life Re Africa. Zurich said Monday will be charged with building out an internal team of doctors to provide Zurich with technical expertise across its business in his new role. Pierce, meanwhile, will support the marketing and communications of Zurich's ...

Pandemic sees boom in voluntary super contributions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... the financially vulnerable, with many withdrawing from their superannuation to access much needed funds," AMP head of technical strategy for superannuation John Perri said. "What is pleasing is that following the initial COVID period we have now seen ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... superannuation sector. Alongside each heatmap, APRA has also published an insights paper highlighting key findings plus two technical papers with more detailed findings. APRA intends to leverage its Superannuation Data Transformation to further refine ...

ISPT on track to carbon positive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Regeneration Project. Two of these are Indigenous carbon farming projects. ISPT general manager for sustainability and technical services Alicia Maynard said the company partnered with CBA because of the bank's ability to source a large volume of ...

Super funds failing three-day transfer requirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... Kitto said. "The front-line staff of a few industry funds we've been dealing with have admitted they've had technical difficulties making the payments to SMSF, but to actually find that out, we've had to battle to get answers." Kitto said ...

PADUA closes capital raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... services businesses. This gives them a competitive edge over other software providers in the industry. The business has the technical expertise and has been able to leverage the learnings and data from that business to build the technology that its own ...

High-net-worth investors richer, optimistic

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... were happy to use advisers only to validate their own thoughts, to gain access to a wider range of investments or for technical skills and one third said they did not use advisers at all. "This presents an opportunity for Australian investment advisers ...