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Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
Global asset manager Standard Life Investments says Australia is forecast to be the top-performing commercial real estate market in Asia Pacific. Sydney and Melbourne office spaces are tipped to be the winners "given a resilient Australian economy ...

Australian Unity appoints trustee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... newly-formed trustee business is welcoming the appointment of a general manager. The internal promotion sees Emma Sakellaris take the top role. She will be responsible for developing the business building a specialist, client-focused team to provide ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... 2012, SuperEd raised $800,000 in its first funding round in 2015, and is looking to raise an extra three to $6 million on top of a recent $2.5 million to help with its partnership with Challenger. The fintech aims to provide scaled financial advice to ...

Compliance and cybersecurity keeping bankers awake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... banking executives surveyed said enhancing cybersecurity and complying with consumer regulation and remediation issues are their top priorities for the year ahead. The annual study, which canvassed senior executives from about 300 banks in Europe, the ...

BTIM builds out multi-asset team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... years and in the industry for 26 years, has not only generated excellent returns for our clients through his management of the top decile-ranked UK Opportunities Fund, but has also invested in the business by building strong teams and recruiting and ...

Cyber breaches arise internally: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... smart workforce. Willis Towers Watson financial and executive risks specialist Tanya Stevenson said cyber risk is one of the top-rated business risks faced by Australian companies. "Companies are increasingly looking to purchase cyber insurance as a ...

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Real estate agents who provide financial advice around property investment can now undertake a new training course as part of a wider strategy to professionalise the industry. The new RG146 Advice in Real Estate Course has been made available through ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... week prior to the unveiling of China's economic blueprint while the yuan depreciated another 0.3% against the US dollar on top of the 0.4% decline it recorded the week before PM Li's speech. This is highly perplexing and goes against recent history - ...

Fight for workplace equality and diversity far from over

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... Women's Day event in Sydney yesterday jointly hosted by AFA Inspire and BT Financial Group's The Stella Network. "People at the top have got to be able to provide opportunities and support people in growing into them. It's not about just waiting for ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... but "messes your culture up" as evident in some investment banks. "It's really hard as a chief executive to say, 'you're my top performer, your behaviour has been abhorrent, I'm not going to pay you - but that's what you have to do," she said. "You've ...