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Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... years in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. China and India came out as the leaders in girls' uptake of STEM subjects at 76% and 69% respectively. Australian girls are the least interested in academics across the region, saying ...

Capital Group rethinks global investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... 43-year track record in doing." New Perspective targets early stage multinationals experiencing rapid growth and global uptake such as Netflix as well established multinational companies with high barriers to entry like Microsoft and Nestle. Investing ...

REST creates two new management roles

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... relations Ashley Boland, and will lead the provision and development of REST's advice services - aiming to achieve greater uptake of financial advice among members. Potts has been working as a consultant at REST since October 2014, and brings extensive ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... were solutions to work around developing insurance products at super funds. "One feature that consistently ranks low on uptake is a life events feature which enables members to change their cover on the occurrence of marriage, divorce or other likeable ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... delivering absolute returns and capital preservation during prolonged periods of market volatility. "We are seeing a strong uptake in interest from both advisers and individual investors who are seeking ways to maintain capital and produce reasonable ...

Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... access to separately managed accounts (SMA) more than doubled in the past year which could open the floodgates to wider uptake of the structure, the latest Investment Trends report said. Advisers who said their most-used platform had an SMA capability ...

Praemium platform passes $3bn milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... group's cash balance was $10.4 million as at 31 December 2014. "Looking forward, we expect to see a continued increase in the uptake of managed account solutions by wealth managers as they strive to drive business efficiencies and provide superior investment ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Meanwhile, Mercer and Equip have developed innovative solutions to longevity risk and Challenger has seen a considerable uptake in its lifetime annuities. The only setback was MetLife's sudden retreat from the retirement income space. Self-managed super ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... insurance products, she said, while Batten added that the right mix of carrot and stick incentives could promote rapid uptake in new generation insurance policies. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FSC Annual ConferenceA here

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... Tagliaferro said: "QVE provides investors with a prudent vehicle to diversify their portfolios, and there has been strong uptake since the offer period opened. It is a well-known fact investors are over concentrated in top 20 blue chip stocks. They are ...