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New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... fully and better understand their fund's insurance business. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds yesterday, Industry Funds Forum (IFF) project officer Francis Cox said a new insurance guidance note will be issued by the Financial ...

OneVentures says VC needs scale in Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... itself as an innovation economy. This was a view presented by OneVentures partner Melissa Widner at a media briefing yesterday. It backs the Sydney-based venture capital firm's belief that there needs to be a greater focus on funding later stage companies ...

Industry reacts to super objective

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... broadly in support of the discussion paper outlining the formal objective of Australia's superannuation system released yesterday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane said the move to formalise the objective of the super system "would ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... season. This is the view of Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John Campbell, who told a briefing in Sydney yesterday that Australia's reporting season "saw some extreme volatility in stock prices at both ends of the spectrum." "Daily price ...

ANZ searches for new chief economist

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
ANZ is searching for a new chief economist following the immediate resignation of Warren Hogan yesterday. In Hogan's place temporarily is Richard Yetsenga, who has been appointed as acting chief economist and will report to acting managing director ...

HUB24 funds under administration to hit $3bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... low of just over a dollar, shares in the platform provider have more than quadrupled before settling in at $3.90 as of yesterday's close. Investors are giving it a thumbs-up on three fronts: it grew its funds under administration (FUA) from $1.7 billion ...

New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... report environmental, social and governance issues. Releasing the 2015 ESG Reporting Guide for Australian Companies yesterday, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said while there is still no mandatory ESG reporting required by listed companies, new ASX ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... rate hike betting As Bloomberg reports, "The probability of a June boost rose to 35 percent from less than 24 percent yesterday, while odds of a December move reached 52 percent from 36 percent. Chances for a December hike had slipped to 11 percent at ...

Adviser roadshow shines light on modern-day advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Financial advisers took home plenty of business tips at an adviser roadshow yesterday - and many of them are refreshingly unconventional. The main function centre of Doltone House, overlooking the waterfront view of Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney, was the ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even gapped at the open, trading 2% higher from last Friday's closing level. The weekend rally in US and European ...