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VC sector risks running cold

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Recent months have seen a lot of eyes on the venture capital space, for reasons good and bad. While celebrities like tennis star Serena Williams are showing enthusiasm, rising interest rates have caused some to question the sector's outlook. Last ...

Burgeoning challenges of the advice industry: Padua

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Padua Solutions co-founder and co-chief executive Anne-Marie Esler explained to the audience at the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Thrive Conference that there are four key challenges facing the financial services industry. There are four ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson believes this year may finally be one of positive change. "We're out there seeing things that are going to make it easier for advisers to provide quality advice to their clients ...

AFA Foundation's community impact

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... to a better location. Later, Youngcare chief executive Greg Johnson took the stage, to explain how the national not-for-profit is revolutionising the way young people with high care disability can live. Youngcare develops specialist disability accommodation ...

Brighter Super makes changes to insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... sustainable so that you can continue to rely on your insurance in your time of need," Brighter Super said. "As a not-for-profit super fund, we work hard to ensure that our members are sufficiently protected and that the premiums charged are competitive ...

Ethereum merge: What it means for crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Ethereum's long-awaited merge has been finalised, the US$180 billion cryptocurrency's upgrade to a proof-of-stake mechanism slashing its energy consumption by 99.95%. Explaining the merge, Labrys founder and chief executive Lachlan Feeney said: "The ...

Actuary of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... ethics at IAG and is also a research affiliate at ANU's Humanising Machine Intelligence group and contributes to the not-for-profit Gradient Institute's work. "Chris is considered by his peers as the leading actuary in data ethics, sharing his knowledge ...

Aussie farmland sees significant growth: ANREV

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
Farmland in Australia has returned 10.21% on a 12-month rolling basis, generating 6.32% income and 3.70% capital growth, according to the latest quarterly Australian Farmland Index compiled by the Asian Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... action to ensure that financial institutions are meeting the community's expectations and shifting their focus from profit at all costs to outcomes for all Australians.

Super wars not over: Swan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... understand just how important the collaborative model is, the model of employers and unions getting together as trustees on a profit-to-member model." Now, he said, super funds have got to decide how to reinvigorate the profit-to-member model, the collaborative ...