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New study taps into investor behavior

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Four Melbourne-based researchers have tested a cognitive training scheme that could help investors overcome fixation with purchase prices and limit losses. Researchers from Monash University, University of Melbourne and La Trobe University conducted ...

Chartered accountants largely FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... adhering to the APES 110 Code of Ethics and TPB Code of Professional Conduct, chartered accountants would only require some study to harmonise with FASEA Code of Ethics, CA ANZ said. The FASEA exam would also need to be completed. In addition, CA members ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... below two degrees and we have an obligation to future proof our investments to support our members' retirement." A global study by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number ...

FASEA busts dishonest education providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... launching a new program for members that will provide tools and information to better understand education pathways and study credits as well as tips for exam preparation and undertaking further study.

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... manager of claims Loraine van Eeden fronted the Royal Commission starting about midday. She was presented with the case study of a nurse who made an income protection claim to TAL after facing medical health conditions. The Royal Commission labelled ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
A study of the world's 100 largest public pension funds has found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. A new report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project shows 63% ...

Planning diploma relevant despite FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... associate advisers, paraplanners, client relationship managers and other non-advice roles. "To date, when conversations turn to study and qualifications, all focus and attention has been on the requirements for mature age advisers; the academic demands ...

Australian retirement outcomes among the best

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... ranking is attributed to an improvement in its "finances" score, alongside stability in health and material wellbeing. The study assesses 43 nations on factors Natixis said drove retirement security, with a final score indicative of the attractiveness ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... to make their first promotion than men. Although the data set is North American, the findings have global relevance, the study's authors believe. Nine in 10 of the financial services companies surveyed asserted a commitment to gender diversity, yet only ...

Philanthropic forces shift asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... 94% of those philanthropy-based donations. It's a small but valuable part of the income mix, he said. Referencing a JBWere study earlier this year, McLeod said philanthropy accounts for 75% of funding towards international aid. And despite raising a ...