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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014

... carbon dioxide emitters - signing an historic deal to significantly curb their carbon emissions. While the Australian government may have moved away from climate action, Australian institutional investors took some major steps towards reducing their ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014

The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014

... think, will next year move towards an agreement on carbon reductions, emission reductions and so on, and [the Australian government] will be playing catch-up. It's almost a siege mentality in the Abbott cabinet these days on the issue of climate change ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014

... for trading over 800 Australian and New Zealand debt securities and interest rate derivatives, including Australian government and semi-government bonds, treasury notes, corporate bonds, floating rate notes, New Zealand government bonds, interest rate ...

Expand PLS to all age pensioners: TAI

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014

... cover home extensions or defer land taxes plus in the US 26 States have similar schemes as well, so the Australian government's position as a financial services provider is not unique, noted the TAI paper. "When [the] administrative efficiency [of Centrelink] ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014

... Assistant Governor (Economic) from 1996 to 2001, prior to his appointment as Deputy Governor" in December 2001. (Australian Government, The Treasury). For starters, GG does not subscribe to tale of China crashing and burning. "Growth in China has remained ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014

... Australian Ethical chief investment officer David Macri said. The strategy currently has a 41% allocation to Australian Government bonds, 35% in corporate bonds that meet ethical screen, 18% in State Government bonds from Victoria, SA, NT and ACT and ...

Financial services export industry must rival iron ore

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014

... in Australia," he said. The income generated by these assets would steadily increase tax revenue for the Australian Government. The FSC used the conference as a platform to launch new research by Deloitte Access Economics which shows the government would ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014

... competition from similarly crafted ASEAN and Chinese schemes, as well as the dominant UCITS structure, the Australian government is working to achieve commonality between the schemes so that they might one day be combined. Lo says there is a lack of ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE | FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014

... tools and resources to help them make their financial decisions," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. The Australian Government Financial Literacy Board chairman Paul Clitheroe said being good with money can improve our lives. "Educating the next generation ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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