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Women in Super launch 2017 scholarships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... superannuation industry," NSW WIS chair Sandi Orleow said. AGSM@UNSW Business School executive director Frank Kennedy said the university is proud of its 40-year track record. "As part of UNSW Sydney we have a responsibility to make a difference to society ...

Advisers embrace new education regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... long term death for advice businesses and the industry as a whole," Taggart said. Mentor Education is working with the University of Notre Dame to design and launch Bachelor of Financial Planning and Master of Financial Planning degrees. Mentor Education ...

Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... individuals, and us as professional bodies," Fox said. Citing a portion of Tim Minchin's famous graduation speech at the University of Western Australia, Fox urged advisers to think critically, identify biases, prejudices, and privileges, and take them ...

Industry giant retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... advocacy group which lobbies for patients to have access to cannabinoid medicines. In 2016 he donated $34 million to the University of Sydney for research into the use of medical cannabis. Lambert's distinguished career started at age 17 when he took ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... research director at Capital Markets CRC and previous academic appointments include roles at UNSW Business School, the University of Technology, Sydney, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has also served as a visiting scholar at the Investment ...

Scale advantage in SMSF performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... $200,000 or more perform better than those with smaller balances. According to new research from SuperConcepts and the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services, large SMSFs perform better because they are more diversified ...

Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... savings rate to 5.4% from 5.6% in November. This suggests increasing consumer optimism - one confirmed by the rise in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index to a 13-year high of 98.5 in January. Inflation remains contained. The headline ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... its highest level in 12 years (105.8 in December). A fact - yes, not the "alternative" one - that's apparent in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey. The index soared to a 13-year high reading of 98.5 in January. The butcher, the baker ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... QSuper's long-term ESG policy. With PhDs in environmental policy and legal framework for sustainable investment from the University of Oxford, Molinari has a strong track record working in the sector. Prior to her role with the Queensland Government ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... level since February 2007. The IBD/TIPP economic optimism survey came on the heels of similar indications from the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index (up to 98.4 in December - the highest since November 2004 - from 93.8 in November) and ...