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Female excellence in advice title awarded

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
A West Australian financial adviser was awarded the Association of Financial Advisers/TAL Female Excellence in Advice Award for 2018. Mt. Pleasant-based Donna Lee Powell was recognised for her work with women facing life-changing events. Commencing ...

Industry fund renews custodian

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
A $46 billion industry fund has reappointed its custodian for another three years, extending the 20-year partnership. J.P. Morgan will continue to provide custody and fund services to HESTA. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said: "We have an ambitious ...

Education excellence recognised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers named the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Education Award. Felicity Cooper of Queensland-based Cooper Wealth Management has been recognised for her commitment to professional development via continuing education ...

Former AFA president recognised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A former national president of the Association of Financial Advisers has been awarded the 2018 Michael Murphy Award. Dugald Mitchell, who served as AFA national president in 1987-88, was recognised for his dedication to the betterment of the financial ...

AFA names 2018 Rising Star

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A Wealth Enhancers financial adviser was named the 2018 Rising Star of the Year award at this year's Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference. The award, which is sponsored by ANZ Wealth, was presented to Rebecca Pritchard in ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... 1931," Jones said. The response comes after consumer advocacy group CHOICE awarded the Dollarmites program with a Shonky award, claiming the program was designed to turn children into long-term customers of the bank and doesn't actually promote financial ...

QSuper hunts for new CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... years, which included building the in-house investment team from the ground up. "He was also one of the architects behind the award-winning QSuper Lifetime, Australia's first two-dimensionally segmented lifecycle investment option which at the policy ...

FPA award finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... Whittaker Macnaught, VISIS Private Wealth and Wotherspoon Wealth are nominated for the FPA Professional Practice of the Year Award. Cooper Wealth Management's Felicity Cooper, James O'Reilly of Northeast Wealth and Sandra Slattery of Commonwealth Financial ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... helping others in need, he added. Further, as the winner of the Association of Financial Advisers' Excellence in Education Award for 2017, Ward received a scholarship for study via Kaplan Professional. Instead, Ward negotiated with Kaplan to provide ...

Pension fund awards custody mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
One of the largest pension funds in the world awarded a custody mandate to global giant BNY Mellon. The $827 billion National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) appointed BNY Mellon as its global custodian for fixed income. BNY Mellon Asia Pacific head ...