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Fintech grows through adviser platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... to filter and rank each stock from the more than 20,000 stocks available. This is followed by a fundamental bottom-up analysis of the stocks. To help build the themes Sahgal added former Perennial Investment Partners head of international equities Clay ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... earlier this year. But this amount is backed by only $158 billion in net assets - amounting to a deficit of $182 billion. Analysis by Rainmaker indicates the sum of liabilities is equivalent to 40% of total funds under management held in the not-for-profit ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... practice guide on investment governance to clarify to superannuation funds that ESG issues are material to risk and return analysis - and should be incorporated alongside other risk and return factors in investment decision making. The second recommendation ...

Life insurers complacent on Big Data

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... unsustainable, a new report suggests. The MLC/Financial Services Council Big Data in Life Insurance report is based on data analysis and in-depth interviews with C-suite employees at 13 life insurance providers, two general insurers, 10 industry stakeholders ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... those that are happy, engaged, collectively intelligent and also cognitively diverse," Halliday argues. She believes more analysis leads to the issue becoming more complex, saying that discussion of gender diversity has continued for so long that companies ...

APSEC appoints former Macquarie analyst

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... news and macroeconomic trends. Montague-Jones' appointment is in line with the company's aim to provide the most expert analysis to the investment community. APSEC chief executive Anthony D'Paul said: "Tim is an exceptional addition to the Analyst Team ...

NAS debuts carbon reporting service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... asset servicing's investment trust look-through capabilities. "The newly launched product assists clients with post trade analysis and monitoring of investment carbon intensity across portfolios and investment managers. It supports the reporting of a ...

Ascot Securities makes key wealth and institutional hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... experience in the industry. He is also a trading educator, training students in technical, fundamental and macroeconomic analysis and runs a one-off share sale service for Ascot Securities. Former OliveTree Financial trio - Ian Simmonds, Damian Shrubsole ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... released before the payrolls report made this moot, employment after all is a lagging indicator. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in the second ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in the second ...