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Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... the 2015-2016 financial year the AFA Foundation raised $210,000 for a range of charities including Black Dog Institute, Women's Housing and MS Research Australia. Sarah-Le Lacheur said successful advice practices are getting to know the whole client ...

ANZ blames tech and training for bank mishaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... part of the bank, when we are talking about retail customers - branch-land - that is overwhelmingly run by very, very good women." The parliamentary committee concludes today, with NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn facing the panel this morning and ...

New consultant at Frontier

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... Williams, said recent appointments have not just boosted the firm's consulting depth and capability but also the number of women the firm has been able to attract. "The institutional investment sector generally has lagged many other professional areas ...

First Super names new co-chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... the Australian Forest Products Association and Timber Training Creswick. "Lisa's appointment is another step forward for women in finance and the forestry industries," First Super chief executive Bill Watson said. He added: "Lisa is a highly skilled ...

Women behind in financial wellness survey

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Women are "overrepresented" in low financial wellness indices, according to Workplace Super Specialists Australia research. The WSSA Financial Wellness index was developed in partnership with CoreData, and essentially defines the extent to which a given ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... signing up to whichever fund their employer provides," Carter said. Additional findings from the survey include: Around 57% of women don't expect to have enough money to retire on, compared to 45% of men and a further 27% of women think they'll have ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... signing up to whichever fund their employer provides," Carter said. Additional findings from the survey include: Around 57% of women don't expect to have enough money to retire on, compared to 45% of men and a further 27% of women think they'll have ...

Westpac tops S&P ESG index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... row. "Westpac continues to make excellent progress towards numerous 2017 targets, which include increasing the number of women in leadership positions (up to 46% in 2015) and increasing the number of indigenous Australians hired." The statement added ...

Advisers need to control the finance food chain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... compliance but, more broadly, would encourage more female engagement, both as advisers and clients. "I think, currently, women don't like the product and sales nature of the industry - they like the softer side which is the goals-based investing and ...

Majority of Australians without financial plan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... and shakers (33%) - willing to take calculated risks for significant gains and focused on saving for the future, 40% are women and 60% are men Rule keepers (40%) - likes playing it safe by taking minimal to zero financial risk, 61% are women and 31% ...