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Advice rated excellent: MLC survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... planning over the past two years; 90% have not received advice on financing their children's education despite fast-rising school fees and expenses. When asked about their wealth satisfaction level on a scale out of 10, respondents on average rated income ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... $50,000 and those below. The 2017 Best Small Grant of the Year Award went to The Funding Network (Sydney) for supporting a school kids education program by Manjeri in Uganda while the 2017 Best Large Grant of the Year Award went to the Myer Foundation ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... prominent Australian business, regulatory and community leaders. A panel of ten independent judges and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York determined the winners based on criteria that included analysis and understanding of the issue ...

Data limiting ethical investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... investors who took part in a global study of 582 institutional investors conducted by State Street and Harvard Business School said it's possible to align material ESG issues and financial performance, with 72% already implementing ESG factors into their ...

Insurers: beware the double-edged sword of genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... Speaking at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, the director master of Sydney Medical School's Genetic Counselling Program Kristine Barlow-Stewart said that while the cost of genetic testing has come down in recent ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... campaign this week, looking to bring financial education to the classroom through an interactive tool aligned with existing school curriculums. Banqer, designed by a New Zealand start-up of the same name, will be made available to 15,000 Australian students ...

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 ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... executive at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). He re-joined the Faculty of Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) in January 2017, which was recently announced by the Financial Times as being Australia's top ranked MBA ...

ANZ seeks digital transformation strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... deliver the best experiences for our customers and build a world class digital bank." Gray holds MBA from Harvard Business School and is on the board of the Melbourne Business School Centre for Data Analytics. Prior to Woolworths she was a partner at ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
Engaging the next generation and creating awareness of financial planning as a career is crucial to ensuring the future of the industry, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA chief executive ...