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The power of saying no to difficult advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Sam wanted to keep his investment property, she continued, Ange wanted to sell it to ensure their children had a private school education. He was opposed to the idea, having gone to a public school. "If I had had that meeting today, there is no way I ...

The social benefits of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Lombardo related how he'd run a workshop with parents of primary school-age children about their financial situations, and encountered a mother whose partner had committed suicide due to financial ...

NAB planner wins AFA Female Excellence Award

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... Walker typifies the best qualities of the advice community." Walker will receive a full scholarship from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) (valued at $10,000) to complete an Executive Education Leadership Development Program.

AXA IM to launch impact fund in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... for education, we want them to have a criteria that says, for example, that the loan going to a girl that will stay at school through high school." Christensen said that there is also scope for allocating to impact investing strategies in Australia. ...

Australians don't want government to step in on super: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... to help their children - organising to leave a significant inheritance (36%) topped the list, followed by helping to pay school fees for their grandchildren (29%), helping their children afford a holiday (27%) and helping their children pay for a deposit ...

Australian IPOs beat US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
New research from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has found Initial Public Offerings made in Australia could raise more capital than they could in the US, despite the Australian market's smaller size and depth. MGSM dean, Professor ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... his second huge piece of luck after deciding to take the Private Equity and Venture Capital course at Harvard Business School in 2007. "That was a sexy time for private equity so I was lucky to get on the course. We only had $25 million in assets under ...

National Achievement Awards to recognise top executives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... are equipped for the sector's future challenges," Rantanen said. "Studying "Leading for Results" at the INSEAD business school, using the scholarship that accompanied this award, has certainly contributed to my performance as a COO of a profit-for-members ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said the regulator has a significant number of individual surveillances underway at the big four banks, Macquarie and AMP. Speaking at the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) ...

BNP Paribas launches APAC philanthropy program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Youngsters benefitting from the program will receive training and regular practice in one or more artistic fields for over three school years. In Australia, the project Arts in the Dust will receive a grant worth $20,000 per year over three years. Winning ...