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Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Security Statement will support new cadetships and apprenticeships for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The government will also create jobs, encourage entrepreneurialism, and ensure the safety of women at work and at ...

Future Fund appoints acting investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... management and portfolio construction. Sue holds a masters in psychology from Canterbury University and bachelor degrees in mathematics, computer Science and English literature.

Super smashes best-performing salaries list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... increases are being driven by the demand for specialised roles in the industry, the report said. Full-time workers in mathematics, statistics and information sciences were rewarded with a 44% salary increase over the period, earning $118,937 per annum ...

Schroders hires former Hunter Hall portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... Singapore-domiciled multi-asset funds. He has a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Bath. Winn lectures in investment and credit analysis at Macquarie University. ...

Nikko appoints AIST director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... partner at Deloitte and a former director of Trowbridge Consulting. Edwards holds a first class honours degree in mathematics from the University of Canterbury. She is also a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institutes of Actuaries and a fellow ...

CBA Group Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... of experience operating at leadership level," Carmichael said. Dias is a UNSW graduate with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics, science and commerce. She is also a postgraduate financial analyst from the CFA Institute. CBA Group Super has 75,000 members ...

VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... US-based Society of Actuaries. Shen has a master's degree in actuarial science, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics and statistics. VanEck has 4.5% of Australia's total ETP market, managing $1.6 billion as at March, according to Rainmaker ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... includes at least six subjects in accounting, finance, financial planning, economics, law or tax. The AFA also believes mathematics, actuarial studies and psychology degrees should be included as related fields. Meanwhile, those with a financial planning ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... being equal, increasing short-term interest rates are normally accompanied by a rise in longer-term yields. The simple mathematics of the yield curve governs the relationship between short and long-term interest rates. Ten-year yields, for example, can ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Australia's school education performance against global benchmarks in mathematics, reading and science may be falling but their financial literacy performance is strongly above average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released ...