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Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016

The interest and popularity of socially responsible investments has created new opportunities for investors, and green bonds especially have opened avenues to impact investments for fixed income investors. According to Moody's Investors Service, in ...

How to put the sizzle back into finance: Grad Mentor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016

... celebrated, standing back and saying that they worked through a project to an outcome." Barr encouraged practices to implement a 'big picture view' when mapping out a career plan, leveraging millennials' interest in community involvement to do so as ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016

... historically low business investment in all the developed countries and that's reducing demand for capital. We've had a very big fall in the relative price of capital goods - this is part of the digital economy," Garnaut said. "The absolute level of ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016

Industry Super Australia deputy chair John Brumby says changing the default superannuation system would pose threats to super fund inflows and lessen the opportunity to invest in nation building infrastructure. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity ...

Bankwest appoints new MD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016

Bankwest has named a new managing director to take over in the New Year. Rowan Munchenberg will step into the top job, replacing Rob De Luca who announced his resignation in September. Munchenberg has been with the Commonwealth Bank since 2001, having ...

Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016

... investment program and attract investors. More than half (52%) of managers use non-traditional or next-generation data and big data analytics to support their investment process. However it's the smallest managers who are most active in this space, with ...

AMG CEO says alpha is all about people

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016

Chief executive of the NYSE-listed, $950 billion Affiliated Managers Group, Sean Healey, says the secret to his firm's success was recognising people and culture drive alpha generation. Healey, who joined AMG in 1995 from Goldman Sachs, was visiting ...

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016

Australian private equity has boosted M&A activity by 16% over the last year, according to MinterEllison. New research from the law firm shows the healthcare sector was the biggest contributor to this, with private equity activity increasing significantly ...

Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE | THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016

The misalignment of investor and adviser expectations is one of the greatest threats facing financial advisers around the world, according to research from Natixis Global Asset Management. Comparison between the Natixis Individual Investor Survey and ...

Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016

While big data presents a boon for insurers doing customer risk analysis, the benefits will have to be weighed against ongoing user privacy and discrimination issues. This is one of the key findings of the Actuaries Institutes' latest green paper, which ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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