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More mums in the workforce: ABS

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
As Mother's Day fast approaches, latest Census data shows more than 53% of Australia's six million mums are active in the workforce - an increase of about seven percentage points over the 10 years to 2016. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also points ...

MAX Awards: Voting opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Financial Standard readers now have the opportunity to vote for the 2018 MAX Awards, recognising the leading marketing, advertising and sales professionals within financial services. Following nominations, 110 finalists have been named across 22 categories. ...

Kapstream appoints analyst, promotes internally

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Kapstream Capital welcomed a new credit analyst this week and announced internal promotions for three of its investment team members. Joining the Janus Henderson-owned fixed income manager as a credit analyst is Pauline Chrystal. She has nine years' ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
More changes to Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system, additional funding to the nation's financial services regulators, personal tax cuts and additional pensioner benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably ...

Budget 2018: Social media reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
No sooner had Treasurer Scott Morrison uttered his first words of the 2018 Budget when social media commentators began having their say. Here's how Twitter reacted. "A stronger economy. More jobs. Guaranteeing essential services. The Government living ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QSuper and TCorp believe sequential investment models at large asset owners are past their used-by date and investment committees must be delegating day-to-day investment decisions. The two institutional investors use what is known as the total portfolio ...

Former industry fund CEO moves to AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
The former chief executive of an $11 billion industry superannuation fund recently joined AMP in a role that will focus on new and existing group insurance clients. Former Local Government Super chief executive Peter Lambert moved to AMP in April. He ...

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Responding to Royal Commission findings, AMP says its fees for no service issue is old news; preparation of a Clayton Utz report into the issue has been overstated; and its misleading representations to ASIC have also been overstated. The 28-page response ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Financial Standard's latest roundtable event turned attention to how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over ...

Fund manager names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
A $15 billion unlisted property fund manager is welcoming its new chair this week. An internal appointment at the Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT) saw Rosemary Hartnett become chair, effective 1 May 2018. She was appointed for a three-year ...