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Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... found the opportunity to get together with Australia's best advisers at the AFA Conference accelerated my thinking, my learning and my results. Valuable connections and friendships were built throughout both the formal learning sessions and the informal ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... Scots and the UK. This precisely is why the heck not. Because of the costs - socio-eco-political and financial - and learning my history from Quebec and Canada, I never expected the 'Yes, we are seceding' vote to win. So what's the point of wasting bits ...

AMP Horizons launches online masters with Griffith University

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... qualification and employment opportunities across AMP's licensee groups. "With a flexible combination of online and face to face learning we think this will really appeal to people looking to further their career as a financial adviser and aspire to ...

Financial Standard launches magazine for managed accounts professionals

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... present. "We are proud to offer our readers with a new publication - the first of its kind in Australia - dedicated towards learning more about this exciting segment," said Michelle Baltazar, Head of Media & Publisher at Financial Standard. "We recently ...

FEAL and T. Rowe Price launch national resilience program

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... events, workshops, online materials and a Resilience Scholarship awarded to the fund that has shown most commitment to learning and personal growth within its organisation. The leadership team of the winning fund will receive a full day workshop on resilient ...

AFA Excellence in Education state winners announced

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... to partner with Asteron Life to showcase the outstanding attitudes, behaviours, standards and commitment to lifelong learning demonstrated by advisers like these state winners," he added. Asteron Life Executive general manager, Adviser Distribution ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Strategy. With over 80% of Australian 15 year olds having a bank account, and about 90% of teenagers with a mobile phone, learning good financial skills and habits from an early age can make a difference throughout life," he said.

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... might think. "Business fundamentals are the same whichever industry you're in" - though he adds, "Obviously it was a learning curve." In 2000, 18 months after he joined the company, MLC was acquired by National Australia Bank (NAB), part of a general ...

ASIC puts an end to PIS monitoring program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... the practices to assess the quality of advice and address the issues that needed to be improved. "It has been a good learning opportunity for the practices," De Zwart said. He confirmed that the group reported adviser breaches to ASIC "on a number of ...

AdviserEdge to "live build" advice website at 2014 conference

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... you can see that unfold before your eyes over a period of time, then I think it gives a lot more context to what you're learning." The event aims to provide advisers with practical solutions so that they can effectively harness the power of social media ...