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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 ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... busy. By Laura Millan. Over the past 25 years, Crafter has climbed the steps of the financial services ladder one by one, learning new skills in every role. To someone mostly focused on building portfolios and delivering returns, realising the importance ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

The Lighter Side of MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... research and insights to be shared at tomorrow's MAX - but there is a lighter side to the day, too. The one-day professional learning program is designed to challenge convention, give praise for best practice and, most of all, put the 'fun' back in funds ...

Financial Standard launches third media app

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... and the Financial Standard #Get80 Festival in November. This week, the app will be the platform for MAX, a Professional Learning Program and Awards for sales and marketing professionals in financial services. MAX is inspired by TED, a forum where the ...

Race among the advice giants: MAX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... for the forum in Sydney on https://www.financialstandard.com.au/max. MAX is Financial Standard's annual professional learning forum for sales, marketing and business development executives in financial services.