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AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Year, Jenny Brown and 2013 Rising Star of the Year, Ravi Agarwal. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said that peer-to-peer learning is essential for developing advisers. "One of the cultural norms for members of the AFA is to collaborate and share their best ...

ASX considers UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, MCX-SX, NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext. The SSE describes itself as "a peer-to-peer learning platform for exploring how exchanges, in collaboration with investors, regulators, and companies, can enhance corporate ...

MAX Preview: Beyond value of advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... nascent stages of the industry, less than 20% of the population seek professional advice. A The MAX one-day professional learning program for marketers and BDMs is on 18 June, Wednesday, at the Doltone House on Hyde Park.

Invest in UK infrastructure, super funds urged

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... money to a bank like Macquarie who will invest on their behalf." She said that is now changing, but that it's a "huge learning process." "What we're here to do is make sure they have all of the information they need about the UK space." The huge amount ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... move into employment before they embark on a life on welfare. Australians under 30 years of age should be earning or learning. From next year, unemployed people under 25 will get Youth Allowance, not Newstart. People under 30 will wait up to six months ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... important we monitor progress by paying particular regard to lessons from other jurisdications whilst also contributing our learning to this issue." CFA Societies Australia said that educating investors was the cornerstone of improving confidence in ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Public sector fund QSuper has expanded the lifecycle model to include account balance as well as age in its new MySuper product, QSuper Lifestage. While most lifecycle products focus exclusively on age, with younger members on more growth oriented strategies ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... global ambitions across healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, security and privacy, machine learning, sensors and robotics, and food security. The first OneVentures Innovation Fund, formed as an early stage venture capital limited ...

University academics to access advice research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... by academics and financial planners and is sponsored by the FPA. It was established to promote financial planning as a learning area and a career of choice for new students and career changers.