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AMP launches fund for 'clever Australians'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... $10,000 up to $100,000 and will be awarded by an expert judging panel from a range of fields including social enterprise, science, the arts and technology.

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... with BT. But had things gone to his original plan then Franc's life would likely be unrecognisable. Majoring in political science at the Australian National University (ANU), Franc initially had ambitions to work in foreign affairs with the Australian ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... companies that are involved in activities that are harmful to people, animals and the environment. We know from climate science that burning fossil fuels is having a powerful and accelerating impact on climate and the environment. "For this reason, we ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Yes, no, maybe... I don't know. It's another happy day for the stock markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... post-grads and professors from a diverse range of disciplines including mathematics, statistics, climatology, actuarial science and even extragalactic astrophysics. The group has embarked on significant expansion this year. Aside from the opening of ...

Blue Sky acquires hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has acquired all of the shares in hedge fund manager Investment Science. The hedge fund has approximately $70 million in assets under management and a strong investment track record. Blue Sky confirmed that key Investment ...

PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... makes it easy to believe he might have followed in his father's footsteps. In actual fact, he opted to take a Bachelor of Science and Economics degree at the University of New South Wales with ambitions of becoming a geography and economics teacher ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... bank started supervising and regulating the bond market in 1997. The PBOC just watched as Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology defaulted on paying 89.8 mil yuan (US$14.7 mil) in interest due at the end of last week. The negative spin could ...

New laws target promoters of early release schemes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... planned. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) welcomed the legislation, saying it was "not rocket science" to allow the civil and criminal prosecution of the promoters of illegal schemes. AIST executive manager of policy and research ...