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J.P. MAM head of Australia funds departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... TIR Securities. He spoke to Financial Standard in 2015 about his ambitions to get a foot in the door in stockbroking after odd jobs and backpacking around Australia. At Schroders, Hallifax took responsibility for business development in Victoria and ...

IOOF to adopt new name, brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... ASX ticker code will also remain unchanged. IOOF was founded in 1846 as a friendly society known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Ensuring the new identity remains connected to this rich history, the proposed new name represents a distinguishing ...

Students opt for healthcare over finance: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
... ironically, are going to be better suited to the new normal of hybrid workplaces, video conferencing, and remotely working odd hours," he said. "With a job market that will likely remain somewhat distorted for the foreseeable future, it is clear there ...

AustralianSuper skewers draft disclosure laws

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
The draft legislation on superannuation portfolio holdings disclosure is not in the best financial interests of members and only stands to serve rival fund managers to whom the reforms don't apply, according to AustralianSuper. In its submission to ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Ahead of the results of the inaugural Your Future, Your Super performance test, the chief executive of Maritime Super has aired concerns over the implications of communicating with members where their fund has underperformed, particularly where that ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Before he was an investment banker and economist with an enviable career spanning more than half a century, Don Stammer was just a 'Vacy boy' trying to beat the odds. He pays it forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
"They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and ...

Investors move to thematic funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
Assets in thematic funds in Australia have grown exponentially in the last year after showing stellar results through the pandemic but performance over the long term is lacklustre, new research shows. Morningstar's latest Global Thematic Funds Landscape ...

ASIC cracks down on binary options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
ASIC has banned the sale of binary options to retail clients, effective from 3 May 2021. The decision comes after ASIC found that binary options have resulted in significant losses for retail clients. In 2018, ASIC estimated that net losses from retail ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
According to recent data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, women hold 14.6% of chair positions, 28.1% of directorships and represent 18.3% of chief executives and 32.5% of key management personnel. Perhaps most concerning of all, only 0.4% ...