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Manage wealth with authority: Academic

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... services industry needs to be more paternalistic if it's ever going to really help people prepare for retirement, Duke University professor of psychology and behavioral economics Dan Ariely believes. Speaking at the 2017 Association of Superannuation ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... questionnaires and other traditional data collection methods with game theory and behavioural economics. Invented by former University of California Berkeley Economics Department chair Shachar Kariv, TrueProfile is built on the reality that clients cannot ...

Blockchain will boost company value: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... to allow e-voting at annual general meetings would likely increase overall company value, latest research from the University of Wollongong shows. Research conducted by University of Wollongong deputy vice chancellor Alex Frino suggests that introducing ...

SuperConcepts launches admin tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... their investments, anywhere and at any time from the one place." Research SuperConcepts recently released with the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services revealed that SMSFs with more members tend to shun riskier equity ...

Financial Standard journalist recognised in press awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... panel of judges also included: Professor Anthony Fung, director, School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, who was also the lead judge for the Chinese categories Andrew Main, veteran business journalist, emcee and commentator ...

Perth planner named Professional of the Year

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... new staff and provides pro bono assistance to aged care and Centrelink clients, the FPA said. Azaria Bell of Griffith University collected the University Student of the Year Award in recognition of academic excellence and commitment to becoming a future ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... that the consumer is king and given latest stats they're feeling like one too. While the preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan consumer confidence index slowed to a reading of 97.8 in November, this was from the 13-year high print of 100.7 ...

Industry funds adopt robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... industries. Child Care Super is dedicated to the early learning industry. Separately, a new partnership with Mercer and the University of Wollongong will boost research in the fields of health, wealth and career, providing graduate and employment opportunities ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. It looks at how industry participants can work together to close the underinsurance gap and safeguard financial ...

TelstraSuper names new technology executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... company IP Group which invests in companies that are in the early stages of technology and innovation emanating from university research. The group partners with top-ranked universities and institutional investors, sourcing scientific ideas from its ...