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Harvard endowment delivers 9.6% return, hits $53.2bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Harvard University's endowment has delivered a 9.6% return for the fiscal year ending September 30, bringing its total value to $53.2 billion. The endowment, which targets an 8% annual return, has achieved an annual return of 9.3% over the seven years ...

Nobel laureates link economic prosperity to colonialism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... Acemoglu and Johnson are both professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Robinson is a professor at the University of Chicago.

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... Simone Vasnaik are the finalists for the FAAA Gen Next Rising Star of the Year. The awards also highlight outstanding university students that represent the bright future of the financial advice profession. Phillip Ambrose from the Queensland University ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... BlackRock, leading index portfolios and running sustainable investments in Australia. In addition to teaching at New York University and the University of Technology, she is a member of ITCG, the expert group that advises the International Accounting ...

The University of Sydney Endowment Fund taps new custodian

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The University of Sydney Endowment Fund has appointed a new provider to manage its custody and fund administration services. The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, has operated its endowment fund since 1997. The Endowment Fund, which ...

Nudging pre-retirees has 'little effect'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... use 'nudging' to help encourage members to engage more with their retirement savings, however new research from Yale University in the US has found the practice doesn't work as well as initially thought. Yale University professor James Choi's first set ...

Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... need to exercise a little more patience when it comes to cutting the policy rate." Geoffrey Kingston from Macquarie University Business School said it has been another month of mixed signals. "On the one hand, inflation remained too high, propped up ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... tests are used in the future." The government's consultation on the issue came on the back of a report by Monash University, reviewing the use and impact of the moratorium. Concerns raised included insurers still requesting test results regardless ...

SMSFA, Deakin University launch courses for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
SMSF Association, Deakin University, and AccountantsIQ have partnered to deliver two courses for financial advisers. Deakin University is offering Ethics for Financial Services (Intensive), a compulsory bridging unit with 30 CPD hours. It runs across ...

Story Wealth co-founder joins Kearney

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... Wealth for more than 18 years. She has held board roles at Securitor Financial Group's National Advisory Council, Deakin University Department of Accounting, and the Future2 Foundation. Graham featured in Financial Standard 's Power50 in 2017 and 201 ...