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Glass ceiling stops at C-Suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
While significant gains have been made by women in attaining ASX200 board positions in recent years, the same cannot be said for those striving toward senior executive positions. Speaking at a 30% Club event in Sydney this morning, Xplore for Success ...

Blue Sky profits underscore alternatives opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... expenses, largely as a result of capital raising and fee rebates paid to the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund, the company's ASX-listed retail investment vehicle. Blue Sky said it was well on the course to reaching its goal of $5 billion in fee-earning ...

IRESS strikes advice platform partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
An ASX-listed wealth management firm has selected an IRESS product to lead an objectives-based and scaled financial advice solution. Diversified financial services group ClearView selected the XPLAN Prime product with an aim to deliver advice more efficiently. ...

Asset managers need more tech leaders in C-suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... a cost centre or an operational function. Research from financial technology company Calastone found 40.4% of the top 100 ASX-listed companies have technologists in executive and board positions - a fourfold increase from 7.4% in 2011. While the significant ...

Magellan officially ramps up retail offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... dip in net profit, Magellan Financial Group officially highlighted its plan to launch an initial public offering for a new ASX-listed investment vehicle. The Magellan Global Trust will target a 4% cash distribution yield, paid semi-annually, through ...

Intiger seeks global scale with leadership change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... addition to being a corporate and tax lawyer, Chong is also a chartered tax adviser and has served as a director to a number of ASX-listed, private and non-profit companies. Walker said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed my tenure as a director of Intiger and ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... deposits. XTBs provide a means for retail investors to gain exposure to Australian corporate bonds, with each XTB offering an ASX-listed security that delivers the price stability and returns of a specific underlying corporate bond with no minimum investment. ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... an important attribute making Australia one of the most sophisticated global markets on blockchain is the initiative of the ASX to replace its dated CHESS clearing and settlement system. "We're on six different working groups [here]," Colle says. He ...

Cbus chief executive wins FEAL award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... Group on Climate Change; and is an AICD Investors Working Group member for the 30% Club, which campaigns for 30% of women on ASX 200 boards by the end of 2018. According to FEAL chief executive officer Joanna Davison, the calibre of nominees was extremely ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The superannuation industry's failure to disclose evidence they have considered climate risk in their investment portfolios has left them vulnerable to legal action according to a financial services activist group. Analysis provided by Market Forces ...