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Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for retirement savings, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the University of Melbourne. The research has determined that a significant number of Australians are unlikely to achieve adequate retirement ...

CommInsure nabs ANZ head of insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... given his track record as an experienced insurance executive." Harrison holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Economics from University of Queensland.

PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... followed in his father's footsteps. In actual fact, he opted to take a Bachelor of Science and Economics degree at the University of New South Wales with ambitions of becoming a geography and economics teacher, but a lack of opportunity saw him take ...

Women on boards have no influence in performance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... appointment of women in boards does not necessarily affect company performance or shareholder behaviour, research by University of New South Wales professor RenA(C)e Adams has found. Adams, who was speaking at the Platypus Asset Management Symposium ...

Towers Watson appoints insurance exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and holds a Bachelor of Economics (Actuarial) from Macquarie University.

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... that compulsory superannuation directs too much money away from the banking sector. He said that research by Monash University's Professor Rodney Maddock, commissioned by the FSC, found that superannuation funds re-route large amounts of money to the ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... development bank and other institutions have spent an estimated $75bn on financial investments in South America, said Boston University professor Kevin Gallagher. This is, he points out, "more [investment] than the World Bank, US Export Bank and the ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... at Sydney's Newington College he only made the second XV. It wasn't until he had enrolled in an arts degree at the University of New South Wales - with the intention of becoming a stockbroker - that he realised he had more than an average level of talent. ...

Crowdfunding investment platform launched

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... enables potential investors to select pre-screened start-ups from the best Australian incubators, accelerators and university programs. Artesian managing partner, Jeremy Colless, said: "Until now there have been major barriers to entry for investors ...

EQT hires AMP exec to target financial adviser relationships

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... provide the highest quality service to advisers." Papakonstantinos holds a master of applied finance from Macquarie University, Melbourne, a bachelor of law/economics (majoring in finance) from La Trobe University, and a diploma in financial planning ...