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Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Launching in Australia this week is a crowd-sourced quantitative hedge fund that was originally conceived as a way to "hack Wall Street". US-based Quantopian is an investment firm that provides an open platform where anyone can research, back test and ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A recent survey has shown Australia's competitiveness could be at risk due to a lack of interest in STEM subjects. The findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects ...

Emslie departs AIST board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) will have a new president from April following the resignation of Angela Emslie yesterday. Emslie has served on the board of AIST and the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, for a joint ...

Not enough super users: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Australia's retirement system is good but it could be doing better in several areas according to a modeling tool that tracks 10 of the industry's key indicators. The latest data coming from the AIST Mercer Super Tracker shows Australia's superannuation ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) celebrated its tenth year milestone last week by raising more than $200,000 at its annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar?' fundraising night. More than 700 professionals from the financial services industry ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
The Financial Services Council has announced the winners of its 2016 Life Insurance Awards. Six awards were presented - the first, the Pioneer Award for "[demonstrating] an outstanding commitment to innovative thinking to transform the life insurance ...

Risk sales were flat in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... the $306 million December 2014 quarter. Total new annual premiums were down 15% on 2014 to $1.28 billion; only MLC, OnePath, TAL, Zurich and AIA reported increases in lump sum sales over the year. Lapse rates, while down on their 2012 peak, were still ...

AXA IM sees inflows double

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) saw record net new money inflows in 2015, with strong demand coming from Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. AXA IM pulled in €42 billion ($62 billion) globally in the 12 months to 31 December 2015, a 120% ...

AZ NGA acquires third CBA practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired its third CBA-aligned practice. Wealthwise was established in 1986 by Jamie and Sheila Luxton, has $380 million in funds under advice and employs 32 staff, including 14 advisers, six paraplanners and nine client ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... said the overall award recognises the insurer which exceeds expectations in terms of product quality, innovation and service. TAL and CommInsure were runners up to BTFG for the main prize. TAL picked up two awards, the Term/TPD product of the year and ...