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When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... Dr Kennedy. No coincidence then many experts are now arguing for a lift in the retirement age, a rethink in vocational training and upgrading childcare incentives to get women back into the workforce as quickly as we can after they have had a child. ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... campaign. St Andrew's will provide infrastructure support for all advice models including paraplanning, compliance and training, in an effort to reduce cost. Both BankWest and St Andrew's are subsidiaries of HBOS. Paul Northey, acting managing director ...

AFS paraplanning gets thumbs up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... six-week program with the initial two weeks spent working in structured classroom activities followed by four weeks of training within practices. "Our practices confirmed they were experiencing difficulty in recruiting qualified paraplanners, and in ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

ASIC has taken a court order against a Tasmanian-based company and director for providing financial training in futures contracts without the proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... early stages but we are embarking on a lot of research initiatives, said Kiran Nanda, director of economic research and training at the Indian Merchants' Chamber. Explaining how the Indian government is so interested in alternative energy simply out ...

Vanguard appoints sales head

... advisers across three AXA dealer group businesses. He was also responsible for recruiting new adviser firms, providing training, compliance and business planning assistance. Mennie has also worked at Perpetual Investments for 12 years where he started ...

AMP launches new planner academy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... professionals. The 13-week Horizons program will use classroom workshops delivered by industry specialists, presentations, online training, practical sessions with business coaches and independent study. Students will also return quarterly for 12 months ...

Two joint HFA heads better than one

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... Management (HFAAM). Martinis joined HFA in 2000 and has more than 17 years of experience in funds management including training and development fund accounting, and professional custody. A HFA employee since 2003, White has more than 12 years experience ...

Consultum calls in the cadets

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... counter the growing talent shortage in the adviser industry. The program will provide financial assistance and a dedicated training program for existing financial practices that appoint new advisers. Working within practices in the Consultum group, cadets ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... service levels and sales has been significant, he said. "Banks need to redesign their call centres and move away from sales training to service training for their operators." But the real message from the study, said North, is that while some customers ...