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Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... at superannuation law firm Henry Davis York, raised the issue of multiple board directorship conflicts at a governance training session. MacNamara said conflicts of duty and of interest would become a big issue in the future as funds consolidate to form ...

WA director joins AustralianSuper board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Westscheme, which is set to merge with AustralianSuper to form a $40 billion fund. She is also a Western Australian State Training Board member, the UnionsWA secretary and a member of the ACTU executive. "Irrespective of the proposed merger with Westscheme ...

UBS wealth mgmt to review compliance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Areas of compliance highlighted by ASIC in the EU that need to be addressed include inadequate risk management, poor training and education, poor compliance culture and framework and system flaws in the production of statement of advice. Tony D'Aloisio ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... in the 70s and 80s." Beveridge recommended increasing leadership capability, which meant giving effective management training and not promoting people on technical capability alone. "There needs to be more focus on the capability to lead," he said. "That ...

Paraplanners master SoAs with COIN

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Financial planning software provider COIN has launched training courses for paraplanners, which could go some way to increasing the upskilling in the profession. The three-day courses, Paraplanning Fundamentals, are run in conjunction with outsourced ...

NAB FP to increase planner nums 20 pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... as it builds out its business focus to target small and emerging business customers. The financial planning group is training a large number of its planners on advanced self-managed super fund strategies and other issues as part of an intensive program ...

Macq Private Wealth appoints COO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... will support Macquarie's 400-plus financial advisers in both Australia and New Zealand, providing research, marketing, training, operations, strategy and execution tools. Additionally, Yeoh will meet the needs of Macquarie's advisers through marketing ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... November, and Zurich also has an iPhone app for life insurance quotes. In October, dealer group Synchron conducted its training course for advisers entirely on the iPad - setting a technological milestone in the planning industry. According to Ovum's ...

HOSTPLUS cooks up a competition

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... industry fund said will help combat the national skills shortage in Australian restaurants. The winner will receive full training apprenticeship in one of Australia's prominent restaurant. Meanwhile, the super fund is offering connections between aspiring ...

Synchron taps online advice for growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... Gen program to support advisers and give them more than just technical skills. In October last year, Synchron held a training conference for its financial advisers held entirely on an iPad, something that has never been done in the planning industry. ...