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Adviser wins Masters course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Network aims to enrich, develop and connect women in financial planning. To date, the network has focused on building a membership base, now close to 1,500 members. The Stella Network now has 15 ambassadors who work to promote, encourage and educate ...

ASIC launches planner register

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... efforts on the second stage of the register which will capture financial adviser qualification, training and professional membership details to be completed and on the register by end May 2015." Consumers will be able to view information such as past ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... The HFSB was set up in Europe in 2008 as the standard-setting body for the hedge fund industry and now has a growing membership internationally in both Asia and North America. Hedge fund managers in the US and Canada now account for 40% of the HFSB's ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... obligation for financial advisers to provide detailed information about their careers, professional qualifications and membership to industry associations. However, "a relevant provider who is not a financial services licensee" (advice firm employees ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... becoming one the original members of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). In 1994, she was awarded membership of the Order of Australia for her services to the superannuation industry. Tom Garcia, AIST chief executive said: "Mavis Robertson ...

SPAA rebrands as SMSF Association

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... change occurred because the organisation needs to "[reflect] the importance of the SMSF sector and the breadth of its membership". The new name is also "simpler and more intuitive," she argued. In operation since January 2003, SMSF Association established ...

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... better placed than retail funds to attract new members and retain existing members, CoreData said. "While super fund membership growth remains largely a function of consumer apathy via default options, there are clearly ways in which funds can grow their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... Netflix also fueled the buying. Netflix shares soared 17.3 percent after reporting strong profit gains and that its membership rolls expanded by 4.3 million to 57.4 million in the fourth quarter. The streaming video firm said they expect to top 61 million ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... young adviser or a career changer, GenXt enables people to pick up practical tips as well," said AFA general manager, membership and campus AFA Nick Hakes. "The reason we are focusing on connecting knowledge with performance is to recognise that people ...

AFA announces record enrolments for new curriculum

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... client to change their behaviour is also needed." The AFA has taken on two new staff members and is overhauling its Membership Experience software to cope with the high number of enrolments.