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Australian subscription firms outperform ASX growth index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... sales-per-share index. The report by Zoura found that over a seven year period, from 2012 to 2018, the companies featured in the study saw their sales grow by more than 300%, representing an 18% compound annual growth rate. Zoura, a cloud based subscription ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... Victoria, a place she frequently visits. Passionate about art, her interest stemmed from an early age. Kennedy was inspired to study art history at university while working casually at an insurance company in her native Scotland. What was originally ...

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... if participants would pay $2000 or more for life insurance advice, 100% said, 'no.' Of the advisers who took part in the study, two thirds charged $2000 or more for life insurance advice. Zurich Life & Investments chief executive Tim Bailey said consumers' ...

FPA launches FASEA policy, education hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... The FPA's Return to Learn portal was rolled out this week, providing accurate information on the latest policy updates and study tools for those working towards meeting the new standards. The portal was designed in-house by the FPA's education and policy ...

Perpetual announces Fulbright scholar

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Perpetual has announced the winner of 2019 Fulbright professional scholarship in non-profit leadership, funded through its $51 million public ancillary fund. Adam Davids is the director of learning at a non-profit that creates internship opportunities ...

Angel investor makes first Australian bet

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... offers assistance, mentorship and makes introductions to speed companies for further growth and M&A opportunities. A 2016 study by Startout showed more than a third of LGBT founders were not out to their investors while 17% believed that outing themselves ...

Rich families stingier with charities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... away a smaller slice of their household income in 2018 compared to those on the other end of the economic spectrum, a new study has found. Roy Morgan found that households bringing in $130,000 to $250,000 in household income gave away an average of $424 ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... scholarships will encourage young women to consider investment management as a career path," Macoun said. According to a study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there is a large gap between the representation of men and women in leadership position ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... from the banking Royal Commission has overshadowed Australia's superannuation system scoring the top spot in a global study of pension markets. Willis Towers Watson and the Thinking Ahead Institute named Australia as the number one pension market ...

Australians prioritise car cover over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... estimates about 12 million Australians have one or more forms of life insurance through their superannuation. A 2015 ASIC study found there were four million retail policies and about the same number (3.9 million) of people holding either direct or non-advised ...