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Registrations for 2016 Chief Economists Forum open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... master of ceremonies at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum taking place in February. The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist extends his association with the thought-leadership event after appearing as a speaker in previous ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Management. Based on a survey of 293 institutional investors, trustees, managers and consultants in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Asia-Pacific, the Aberdeen research indicates that the vast majority (89%) of respondents viewed good corporate ...

Super funds should engage in pub theory

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
An Australian superannuation fund hosting your next pub trivia night could soon be a reality if it is not already happening, according to experts in behavioural science. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference ...

Shaw and Partners appoints another Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... 17 hires reported in Financial Standard since July - including former chief executive of Macquarie Private Wealth North America Earl Evans, who joined as head of private wealth - 11 have held positions at Macquarie.

MetLife reports 61pct global earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
MetLife has announced its third quarter results, revealing a 61% decrease in operating earnings to US$705 million ($986 million). According to MetLife chair, president and chief executive Steven A. Kandarian, this drop can be attributed to "macroeconomic ...

Australia back on the radar for international capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... economy is not doing nearly as well as it should be. "Unemployment is 6.2% but if you add in the under-employed it's 14%. In America, those numbers are 5.1% and about 10%. We have a lot of spare capacity in the labour market. " GSAM has adjusted its ...

AMP Capital targets $2.8bn infrastructure raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
AMP Capital has started to raise capital for its Infrastructure Debt Fund III (IDF III), which targets US$2 billion ($2.79 billion) from global institutional investors. The fund is AMP Capital's third infrastructure debt fund in five years and comes ...

AXA IM targets under-researched stocks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... deterrent." The strategy's universe is $6.7 billion of small cap stocks above US$100 million ($139.6 million) in North America (58.1%), Europe (25.3%), Japan (10.1%) and Asia Pacific (6.5%).

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said her fund members would not benefit from seeing a lift on the $30,000 tax cap for concessional superannuation contributions for women returning to work. It is a measure being considered by the federal government ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... this coming Friday would no longer be surprise - provide a just-in-time reminder that all's not well in the world outside America....and what goes around comes around. Weak global growth (i.e., weak foreign demand) - coupled with a strong US dollar - ...