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Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... "The Connected Consumer", which deals with mobile technology, wearable devices, and the on-demand economy; "The Smart Corporate", which address opportunities in the manufacturing sector arising from the 'Internet of Things'; "Demographics and the Ageing ...

EU instos shed banks, set up alternative trading venues

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... meet institutional investors' trading demand. "There have been a lot of clients in many markets, for example European corporate bonds, that are seeking avenues and venues to trade directly with other end users," Howell said. Howell added: "I think we're ...

NAS provides new corporate actions service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) has launched a new service allowing clients to access near real-time corporate actions announced by the issuers of ASX quoted securities. NAS, the largest custodian in Australia, believes the new service ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... an independent director must "not at any time in the last three years been an executive officer or director of a body corporate that has, or has at any time in the last three years, had a material relationship" with the super licensee. The latest edition ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... disclosure, well below the 87% of industry peers in the UK and 73% in Europe. "A lack of reliable and comparable disclosure of corporate performance, beyond that contained in traditional financial reporting, can undermine effective communication of these ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... be seen as a scheme payment in the nature of super upon retirement or death. Special counsel at Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers, Michael Hallinan, said the decision means any payment from an IRA will have no special tax treatment in Australia ...

Legalsuper appoints SA client service manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Australian legal community as a sponsor of the CPD Conference Series of the Law Society of South Australia and national corporate partner of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA)." Legalsuper's membership in South Australia ...

AMP expands US credit research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... bringing to the team more than a decade of experience covering consumer sectors. She was previously a senior director of corporate finance at Fitch Ratings. Prior to that she worked at Bain Capital Partners as finance manager and at Brinson Partners ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... said. Hockey highlighted that tax reform is also time consuming, citing an example where the UK government cut its main corporate tax rate from 28% in 2010 to a proposed 18% in 2020.

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... just one female director, or none at all - of the 30% target that is "fast becoming seen as the minimum benchmark in corporate Australia," according to ACSI's statement. This goal was crystallised in ACSI's formal policy to lift female board representation ...