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Findex partners to advance medical research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... priority-driven medical research. Findex global head of business development Peter Gardiner said financial services and medical researchers need to be in collaboration from the beginning of any project. "The old way of doing medical research was for ...

Super funds presented in-housing framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
The path for superannuation funds insourcing their investment management has become clearer with researchers developing an industry framework that tackles in-housing complexities. The framework was presented at a recent Centre for International Finance ...

Australian of the Year appointed $3bn government health fund chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Government, the Advisory Board will play a key role in delivering on the MRFF's agenda to support our world-class researchers and reinforce our nation's great research reputation. "The MRFF is the single largest investment in medical research ever made ...

PIMCO appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... systematic strategies and tail risk hedging offerings. "Jamil's experience will be critical in leading our global team of researchers and analytics experts in the development of bespoke solutions in asset allocation and risk management. "The group creates ...

Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Researchers openly admit they don't know anywhere near as much as they would like to about the implications of dividend imputation forming economic policy. Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) research director, Professor Kevin Davis, reiterated ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... Centre for Financial Studies executive director, Amy Auster, said the Index continues to be used by policy makers and researchers to assess the merits of their pension systems. She said it was important to remember the role Australia's neighbours may ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations have distributed almost $1.5 million to seven biomedical researchers. The foundations' trustee, Perpetual, confirmed that $1 million of the philanthropic funds will go towards research that is looking to reduce ...

Managed Accounts challenge to retail wealth groups

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... structure. These models are managed by more than 70 different investment houses including regular investment managers, researchers, brokers, managed account platform promoters and also advice groups. While the managed account sector is being used by ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... or expansion, mean that the extent of rivalry is unlikely to change without some form of promotion or competition." Researchers asked for "intervention to maximise competition" through lowering the costs of switching providers and allowing consumers ...

Berkeley scientist develops game for advice clients

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... the insights Capital Preferences has learnt from these 'fingerprints' has attracted the attention of US government researchers, who believe the findings can help shape retirement policy. The data the group has collected reveal, for instance, that people's ...