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CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
To have a successful financial advice practice advisers must move beyond technical advice and truly get to know their clients, according to AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur. Speaking at the 2016 AFA National Adviser Conference, Sarah-Le ...

NAB and Nippon Life complete sale

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... was finalised yesterday. Following the sale NAB said its MLC Life Insurance business would see changes to the board of parent entity, MLC Limited. Joining the MLC board as chairman is Peter Grey, a former Australian ambassador to Japan. Andrew Cornish ...

Canadian instos approved for Aussie ag investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... constraints on the two proposed shareholders' abilities to share Glencore Agriculture's commercially sensitive information. Parent company Glencore will retain majority ownership of Glencore Agriculture "and has a commercial incentive to prevent such ...

Deloitte partner moves to Trustee Partners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... ultimately had to become a sub-fund of Max Super to enter the market. It quickly outgrew and then acquired Max Super and its parent company Como Financial Services. "From my perspective, you can either pretend that technology-driven tectonic-shifts aren't ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... social and financial returns, aligning with the fund's environmental, social and ethical investment framework. The New Parent and Infant Network (Newpin) Social Benefit Bond recently reported positive results for its third consecutive year, returning ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Austock Life has expanded its Vanguard Tax-Paid range, adding three new indexed options to its imputation bond menu. The addition of the Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index, Vanguard Diversified Growth Index and Vanguard International Shares (Unhedged) ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... policies become reality. "In today's society, with technology the way it is and the demand that we can be both a great parent and great at work, there is a need for greater flexibility in working hours, in working patterns. I think this is certainly ...

Altius to be acquired by Canadian firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
North American employee-owned investment services firm, Pavilion Financial intends to acquire Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates, a global private markets advisory and separate account management firm servicing clients across Europe ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...