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Vulnerable clients easily manipulated: study

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Trust in financial advisers can be easily manipulated, according to a new university study which found a large proportion of Australians were unable to tell the difference between good and bad financial advice. The study also revealed a high proportion ...

TAL upgrades Risk Academy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... advisers the flexibility to complete courses on demand and has partnered with a new education provider. Charles Sturt University (CSU) will now provide accreditation of TAL Risk Academy classes and will allow advisers to work towards CSU degree qualifications. ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... comfortable retirement, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The joint research from WTW and The University of Melbourne explores how retirement income adequacy has progressed in Australia. It finds that under the old rules, 62% ...

Kaplan launches adviser diagnostic tool

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Kaplan Professional, in partnership with the University of New South Wales, has launched a new diagnostic tool that will provide a scientifically validated assessment of an adviser's technical knowledge and skill. The tool, Kaplan-UNSW Global Diagnostic ...

ASX blockchain move defensive: Professor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
A New York University professor believes at the very least the ASX should use blockchain to improve its back office processing of trades because that alone would provide a big profit opportunity. NYU Stern School of Business professor David Yermack ...

International pension research network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... analysis to the global community." CEPAR is collaborating with the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA), and Netspar at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), to launch INPARR. The research office of Willis ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... scarcity; food security; and health care. With the help of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the City University of New York, UBS is helping PGGM hone its universe of 650-700 companies it believes are having a positive impact on the ...

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... disability or illness. The research conducted in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, surveyed more than 11,000 people in 11 countries to find out how aware people are of risk, why and how they ...

ACFS head departs to Vic government

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... areas of financial services." Auster said she looked forward to maintaining her association with the centre and Monash University in an adjunct capacity. Monash University adjunct professor Rodney Maddock will serve as acting director while a search ...

CSC and Infratil back student accommodation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... is showing its hand as an emerging asset class with two large investors closing a deal with the Australian National University (ANU) this week. ANU has awarded both the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) and New Zealand-based infrastructure ...