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First State Super confirms firefighter academy investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... will provide our firefighters with a state-of-the-art training environment and deliver benefits to the burgeoning Western Sydney district," First State Super chief executive Michael Dwyer said. New South Wales has one of the world's largest urban fire ...

Government allocates $920m pa for Smart Cities infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... $200 million to upgrading the first stage of the Ipswich Mortorway, $115 million to "preparatory activities" at "a Western Sydney airport," $1.5 billion in "essential Victorian infrastructure" and $2 billion to the National Water Infrastructure Loan ...

Melbourne and Perth to receive a $25m arts education initiative

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... arts education initiative in Perth and Melbourne. The joint initiative was announced based on the success of the Western Sydney Arts Initiative. The program will provide more young Australians with the opportunity to engage with the arts and help them ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... Parramatta. The move, which will be completed on 22 March, enables Mercer to be more accessible to customers in Western Sydney and better service its growing Mercer Super Trust clients. "We are committed to improving the prosperity of Australians, and ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the super journey began Wade graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Applied Communications) from the University of Western Sydney in 1991. Although trained as a journalist and professional writer, she wasn't interested in that career and moved into fashion ...

Investec property fund adds more real estate

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired two new industrial properties in Newcastle and the western Sydney suburb of Wetherill Park, for a joint purchase price of $26.9 million. The two newly acquired properties are underpinned by long-term ...

Winners of advice research grants revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... (FPEC) has awarded the 2015 FPEC academic research grants to academics from Deakin University and the University of Western Sydney (UWS). Recipients of the grants will be awarded $5,000 each to support the research to grow relationships between the tertiary ...

BMO creates intermediary sales director role

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... He began his career in equities at Commonwealth Bank, has a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Western Sydney and is a qualified financial adviser. "With more than a decade of experience in the financial services sector, Michael brings ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night on the ABC Q&A program in front of a live audience in western Sydney. Responding to questions on whether the government had any intentions to increase the age at which Australians could access ...

FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... Speaking about the grants, chair of the Grant Standing Committee of the FPEC, Sharon Taylor of the University of Western Sydney said: "Academic research in financial planning is essential for underpinning the growth of financial planning as a profession." ...