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Industry fund hires executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... fantastic industry super experience and a track record of building up an industry fund through challenging but opportunistic times." Musson started in new role on November 19. Dolling will commence his role on 17 December 2018. The fund has an ESG focus. ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... 43,000 listed companies benchmarked against the Index Industry Association (IIA) estimate of 3.3 million indices - about 70 times more. FTSE Russell managing director of global markets research Philip Lawlor says the role of the index provider is changing ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... hearings. Little wonder trust in business is at all-time lows. Australians are sickened by executive salaries hundreds of times larger than those they employ & of executives being rewarded for reckless behaviour & misconduct exposed at the Royal Co. ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... Counsel assisting Rowena Orr referenced ASIC's recent investigation into financial institution's breach reporting times, which found ANZ took significantly longer than the other three major banks. CBA took on average 104 days, NAB took 139 days ...

NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... insurance start-up NEOS Life is making strides with the launch of a new product and expedited its underwriting decision times. NEOS managing director Brett Yardley said that most underwriting decisions finalised in three days, powered by a set of tailored ...

Philanthropic foundation names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... added the work of Future2 reaches into homes all across Australia and touches the lives of young people facing challenging times. "The work extends beyond any one person, but we're thrilled to elevate Petra as chair of the Future2 Foundation to play ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... at the current fed funds rate of 2.25% (2%-2.25% to be exact), the Fed needs to raise interest rates by only one to three times (at 25 bps each) before it hit neutral and it's job is done - the Goldilocks state of monetary, neither accommodative ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... keep the ETF market share price consistent with the funds' NAV. Research shows bond ETFs on average trade four to five times more frequently than the underlying bond market, he notes. Perhaps the biggest benefit of fixed income ETFs, he says, is ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... verification from EY; and has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative. For some context, the NSW bond release raised six times more than the Victorian Government's $300 million release in 2016 and doubled the Queensland Government's $750 ...

FPA fines Henderson $50k

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Association of Australia slapped a $50,000 fine on former member Sam Henderson for breaching its professional code of conduct nine times. The FPA's independent disciplinary body, the Conduct Review Commission (CRC), determined the former chief executive ...