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AMP training program to attract women advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... are unable to commit to its existing 10 week Horizons' signature program and full-time schedule. It comprises formal learning and workplace development, culminating in official status as an AMP representative. AMP Horizons director Tim Steele said the ...

ASIC unveils primary school teaching package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Curriculum from Foundation to Year 10 and will be trialed in approximately 90 schools nationally. Face-to-face professional learning will be provided to at least 6,000 primary and secondary school teachers over the next 12 months. Online professional ...

ASIC bans ABC LC auditor

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has banned an ABC Learning Centres auditor from practicing for five years. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said it has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Brisbane ...

Austock sells PFM to Folkstone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... them approximately a 6% share. Austock is the former house broker and financial adviser to childcare centre operator ABC Learning, which collapsed in 2008 owing creditors $1.6bn, forcing the sale of 1200 childcare centers. Taxpayers contributed $22 million ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about the responsibilities of a super fund trustee director. 130 female participants will today hear from a panel of experienced ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... fold," she said. "Participating in CIMA will ensure that I am fully up to- date with the latest academic and practical learning in portfolio construction for retail funds management, dealer groups and advisors," said CIMA Scholarship winner Matthew Zschech ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... that ETFs are just not as widely known. "I think a key message though, is to diversify away from your home market." "Learning about fixed income and commodities and other investment choices to diversify portfolios and provide capital preservation is ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Bernard Shaw elegantly put it, "If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience." Then there's the actual price itself. Despite the seemingly uncertain and volatile macro backdrop, markets ...

Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Bank deposits are on the rise as challenging global economic conditions increase competition for more diversified and cheaper funding options. Ernst & Young analysed the 2012 half-year results of Australia's largest banks and found that deposits are ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... market consultation process, ASIC have effectively said they'll have a number of goes at this. ASIC has done a good job of learning from Europe and implementing a healthy timeline around the consultation." While the ASIC market integrity regime backs ...