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New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A new industry association looking to build upon Australia's insurance innovation ecosystem will be formally established this week. National not-for-profit organisation Insurtech Australia will focus on representing insurtech startups, insurers, reinsurers ...

Industry helps shape new adviser expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers' New Financial Advice Competency Framework white paper reveals a consensus among financial services professionals to understand knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. The white paper, produced in partnership with ...

AFA shines spotlight on peer learning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers is offering private coaching sessions for less experienced advisers at its upcoming National Adviser Conference. The industry body is introducing a Meet the Mentors session at which long-standing AFA members will ...

FICAP fundraiser ready to rock

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The countdown is on to FICAP's "Who wants to be a RockStar" night this Thursday at The Ivy Ballroom. FICAP, the Financial Industry Community Aid Program, has announced its list of auction items up for grabs alongside the annual charity concert. A track ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Australia's legal tender is again doing the rounds of the headlines. Disappointment over Trump's press conference last week - he talked and talked about everything except about his economic policies - brought the ...

Vale George Vassos: Omega Global Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Omega Global Investors co-founder and managing director George Vassos has died following unforeseen medical complications. Vassos, aged 47, passed away last week and is survived by his wife Shannon and three young daughters. The directors and co-workers ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... theatre near us. With only four sleeps to go before the Brits vote to leave or remain in the European Union this coming Thursday (23 June), the UK remains split down the middle, and by extension, financial markets would rise or fall - as they did last ...

MAX Award finalists revealed

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
After receiving more than 1,200 nominees from some 500 industry professionals, Financial Standard can now reveal the finalists for the MAX: Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence Awards. The MAX Awards shine a spotlight on the achievers and innovators ...

State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
State Street has been appointed the custodian of alternative investments at Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). The GPIF manages about $1.5 trillion and according to its latest figures, paid State Street about $8.3 million in custodial ...