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Climate change to impact financial systems

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Research by The Climate Institute concludes Australia's financial system may be vulnerable to climate change. The institute argues this is based on several factors, including the country's "carbon-intensive economy, lack of policy clarity and reliance ...

Top industry super funds align with Empirics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... integration, predictive analytics, campaign management and social listening tools. These are designed to target, understand and predict member behaviour. The transition to Empirics is seen as a broader integration process under Link Group's information ...

AMP Capital to acquire Danish infra company

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
AMP Capital and 3i Infrastructure are partnering to acquire Esvagt, a Danish company that provides emergency services to the offshore oil and gas industry. The joint venture will acquire 100% of Esvagt from conglomerate Maersk Group; AMP Capital will ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...

Kaplan launches online insurance courses

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Kaplan Professional has launched seven online insurance courses. The courses are designed for both existing insurance professionals and those looking to enter the industry, and they cover the following qualifications: Certificate IV in Life Insurance ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
When the global financial crisis broke, people dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most ...

Light at the end of the tunnel for EM debt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... potential triggers for a rebound in emerging markets debt," the manager said. A number of scenarios allow the manager to predict positive outcomes for emerging market debt. If the developed markets debt sell-off is large enough that investors are adequately ...

La Trobe pooled mortgage fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
La Trobe Financial's Pooled Mortgage's Option (PMO) has been given a "Recommended" rating by Zenith Investment Partners. In the report, Zenith Analyst Dugald Higgins said: "The PMO's performance over the longer term has been robust, showing solid returns ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open after an up and down night on Wall Street. At 0658 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,581. US stocks moved into positive territory following ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... rundown in household savings and a housing price bubble inflating further in Melbourne and Sydney." "It is not possible to predict when the Melbourne/Sydney house price bubble will pop, but if it does over the next year or two coinciding with when the ...