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Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... report from Impact Investing Australia. The first data-set of Australian impact investments was released in the "Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2016" launched at the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific. ...

Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... businesses for profit, according to new data from Macquarie. Macquarie's Accounting and Financial Services (AFS) Benchmarking Report, a survey of 355 small to mid-tier firms across Australia, focused on key trends among firms earning above average profits ...

Retail funds trailing NFPs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... not-for-profits is currently 120 basis points, according to Rainmaker Information research. In the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report, based on the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index in the 12 months to August 2016, the researcher ...

Willis Towers Watson appoints national workplace risk manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... the integration of the two organisations earlier this year, we have an unparalleled combination of analytics and benchmarking to offer our clients, as well as innovations in client accessibility. I'm excited to be offering these strategies to the market." ...

NAS renews $7 billion mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... superannuation funds. Equip used the expertise of Thomas Murray, a global provider of advisory services, to assist in the benchmarking and selection process."

NGS awards $300m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... investment officer Ned Bell said: "We are delighted to have been selected after NGS Super's intensive scrutiny and market benchmarking. We're looking forward to working with CEO Anthony Rodwell-Ball, Ben Squires, senior manager investments and finance ...

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... rents being charged at other ports and information about a port user's willingness to pay. The ACCC determined that benchmarking already occurs, rents and other charges are typically known to an extent across the industry and that, even if the port operator ...

Kaplan launches adviser diagnostic tool

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... utilised for recruitment purposes, training and continuing professional development gap analysis, corporate and industry benchmarking, and compliance monitoring." The assessment that determines the diagnostic report has questions ranging between Australian ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... topped all three retirement fund categories in the SelectingSuper performance tables. According to the July Rainmaker Benchmarking report, BUSSQ placed on top for performance across the Workplace (MySuper default option), Personal (balanced), and Retirement ...

FTSE Russell launches "green revenue" model

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... FTSE Russell chief executive Mark Makepeace said: "FTSE Russell has long been a pioneer in the development of ESG benchmarking tools. As such, we identified a significant gap in the ability of portfolio managers to track exposure to the increasing shift ...