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Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... in financial literacy for women was closing because women were becoming stronger decision makers in relationships and learning about money was empowering them. Bloom Advisory Group's Jennifer Porter said people are still not embracing super at lower ...

Two IPAC advisers join independent firm

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Independent advice firm Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has recruited two senior advisers from IPAC to its AFSL in Victoria. Bev Manallack and Heather Boughton join the company on 7 December from IPAC and will operate out of Fitzpatricks' Collins Street ...

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... will be given two more years -until July 2019- to adapt to the new framework. "There will be some recognition to prior learning, but you will always have to complete a one-off exam. If you haven't passed the exam in July 2019, you won't be able to be ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... remotely via cloud services and analyses large amounts of data to generate insights and refine its process through machine learning. It famously competed in (and won) quiz show Jeopardy! in 2011, taking the $1 million first prize. "We are continuously ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... we're being forced if you like legislatively to put systems in place," Houlihan says. When quizzed about some of the learning over his 30-year career, Houlihan says most importantly he has learnt to be patient. "I think being patient with the staff and ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... contract in Bangladesh, Sowerby did it all. "I didn't know when I was coming back and I didn't really care because I was learning so much and not spending any of my own money," he reminisces. "With that experience I was 27 going on 40, professionally ...

FPA retirement planning scholarships awarded

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... and Life Strategies Financial Services' Sharni Tucker. They have the option to pursue the course onsite or via distance learning. "We believe that education and continual learning plays a central role in raising standards in financial planning and achieving ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Managed Accounts Forum, which will be held in Sydney on October 8. Registrations are now open. The one-day professional learning program is designed to inform advisers and other attendees about how managed accounts can assist them in their advice pra ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... and after the 1995 float. "That was a very exciting time to be working there," she recalls, "and it was a really steep learning curve." She describes her role at Qantas as being "liaising with institutions, preparing information for roadshows for the ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... organisation's private equity business, Macquarie Direct Investment. Traill is currently the chair of Goodstart Early Learning, the SVA Leadership Council and Social Impact Fund, as well as the Opera Australia Capital Fund. He also holds directorships ...