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Equity Trustees appoints WA estate planning lawyer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... trusts and estate planning division at National Australia Trustees. Hollett holds a bachelor of law and arts from the University of Western Australia as well as a graduate diploma of legal practice from The College of Law.

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... might create a disincentive to save among younger Australians. In a joint study with Professor Paul Brockman of Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, he found that in Australia "younger people are wary about superannuation-based saving because of frequent ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... Australia and I had to study my degree at night", he says, and adds he has some regret because he missed "the good university years," but is fast to admit that "if you wanted to go down the economics path it was a great place to start and to stay." While ...

Aurora appoints portfolio manager from Philo

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... of basic materials at Citigroup investment research. He holds bachelor degrees in both Economics and Law from Sydney University, Canadian Securities Course and is a CFA charter holder. Aurora manages funds of approximately $150 million on behalf of over ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... review of the pension means test." CSRI executive director and principal of superannuation policy and research at the University of New South Wales Patricia Pascuzzo expanded on these issues in a newspaper column. She cited poor targeting, high complexity ...

PROFILE: Findex chief executive Spiro Paule

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... strategy was not always concrete. Born in Greece but raised in Australia since a young child, Paule graduated from university with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence from Monash. It didn't take much convincing for him to move industries. "Whilst I thought I ...

We don't need financial advice: Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
More than 80% of university educated, well paid Generation Y professionals don't think they need financial advice according to a recent study by KPMG. The study, which sought the views of more than 1,400 Australian KPMG employees between 18 and 30-years-old ...

FSC hails register a step towards profession status

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... deliver higher standards for financial advisers and the advice sector. We support the ASIC register, national exams, university degrees and an adherence to a code of ethics. "The sector will evolve into a profession - as it must."

MyState names tech and operations general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... to MyState. Since 2012 he has led KPMG's Tasmanian IT advisory practice and was previously program director at the University of Tasmania for 18 months. Before that, he was director, information systems for Betfair Australia from 2006 to 2011, having ...

Mercer becomes first FPA accredited salaried firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) compared to the 45% industry certification level and 95% of our advisers have a university degree. "We really value the FPA endorsement and believe it demonstrates our commitment to providing high quality advice to ...