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Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... one of the top systems globally in terms of sustainability, adequacy and integrity," McCrea said. "Australians rightly aspire to a comfortable standard of living in retirement, and superannuation is increasingly delivering this for more and more Australians. ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... former FPA chair Julie Berry, acting Commonwealth Bank executive general manager of wealth management Hugh Humphrey, and Aspire Retire chief executive Olivia Maragna to its board, in a move chair Petra Churcher said will help the foundation eventually ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... roles and company directorships," Kennett said. "As deputy chair, Jim will support me, ensuring the board continues to aspire to excellence in governance standards, the welfare of all our staff, and act in the best interests of all our customers and ...

Financial Standard launches FS Aspire CPD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... content to roll out a new proprietary Continuing Professional Development program for financial services professionals. FS Aspire CPD offers hundreds of CPD hours of technical content to financial advice, superannuation, investment management and insurance ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... reducing the size of our discount, and we saw a tiered structure as appropriate to the level of net asset value that we would aspire to achieve in future years," he said. ATT has invested in technology, media and telecoms since a 1995 inception. It recently ...

Senior Rainmaker executive to join BlackRock

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... including the rollout of RainmakerLive, the launch of the Adviser Big Day Out (ABDO) 'Super Regional' Roadshow and Aspire CPD, the most comprehensive CPD program powered by Rainmaker and Financial Standard content. "Personally, on behalf of the ...

Superannuation shortage facing Aussie retirees: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Latest research from the mutual shows Australians hoping to live the retirement lifestyle they aspire to will, from age 65, run out of retirement savings after five years. AMP added that with the average life expectancy of Australians now 82.5 years ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers decided to retain two financial advisers as members despite them receiving official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief ...

Sunsuper executive joins IFM Investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
The chief investment operations officer at Sunsuper has joined IFM Investors in a newly created role. Lounarda David has been appointed as chief operations officer to further support IFM's growing investment management business. The role was created ...

Investec unveils succession plan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Three of Investec's founding members will step down from their respective roles 40 years after establishing the South African bank and investment management firm. Investec Group chief executive Stephen Koseff, managing director Bernard Kantor, and risk ...