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Looking ahead key to flipping bad money habits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... saving and 46% who are living without a weekly budget. As part of the project, Harris undertook an experiment analysing the brain-wave activity of study participants when considering various financial scenarios and found that 72% shifted their mindset ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Leading platform provider netwealth launched a financial literacy campaign this week, looking to bring financial education to the classroom through an interactive tool aligned with existing school curriculums. Banqer, designed by a New Zealand start-up ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The NSW government has underwritten a deal between specialist lender Investec and H2 Ventures which will provide the fintech accelerator with an additional $4 million in funding. Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro said the ...

Advice firm creates aged care subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
A Queensland financial advice practice is launching a subsidiary business assisting the elderly transition into aged care. Gold Coast-based Wealth Planning Partners has established Trusted Aged Care Services to provide a suite of services to families ...

Ageing boards problematic: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The growing number of younger women holding directorships is doing nothing to combat Australia's ageing boards problem, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. ACSI's latest research shows that although female directors are ...

Advisers must understand psychological differences

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... and the impact this has on financial decisions, new NAB research shows. The research shows there are three regions of the brain that are anatomically different in men and women, which may have a major impact in financial decision making. NAB Asset Management ...

Advisers must be aware of cognitive nuances

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Financial advisers must understand the pitfalls of the human brain and the way human tendencies can impact how knowledge is shared, according to professor of psychology at Harvard University Dr Jason Mitchell. Developed over millions of years of evolution ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Some of the industry's best-known entrepreneurs have thrown their weight behind a new listed investment fund which aims to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. H2Ocean, the latest brainchild of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby ...

Multi-asset fund launches on ASX

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
A global multi-asset fund which is the brainchild of AMP Capital's Shane Oliver and Nader Naeimi is now trading on the ASX through the firm's alliance with BetaShares. The AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) becomes the third active exchange-traded ...

Future Generation donates $4.71m to charity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... million to Australian charities. The 22 charities which received donations include beyondblue, the Black Dog Institute, Brain and Mind Centre, Butterfly Foundation for Eating Disorders, ReachOut Australia, Act for Kids, Australian Children's Music Foundation ...