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Infocus sets sights on culture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... client engagement techniques and commitments made each period. The program is designed to allow advisers to act as a peer reference group within and beyond the sessions, with the hopes of creating a strong community of best practice and culture among ...

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... lower yields make it more expensive to buy a guaranteed stream of income and increase their liabilities. "[Mercer's] reference long-dated corporate bond yield has now fallen below 2% per annum for the first time, representing yet another milestone into ...

Sequoia launches two specialist retail products

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... trends," Sequoia executive director Marcel Collignon said. "The Accelerated Return product, which has Tesla shares as the reference asset, allows investors the chance to share in this exciting story and offers the potential for greatly increased upside ...

LICG will fight on after failing to trigger AFA constitution talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... consistency with the Corporations Act and the relevant section - section 249D - was amended in early 2015 to remove the reference to 100 members or more. The spokesperson also said that he could not confirm whether the request forms were reviewed before ...

US funds launch lawsuit against big four banks

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... CBA, ANZ and Westpac, as well as Macquarie and other investment banks for their alleged rigging of the bank bill swap reference rate (BBSW). The Sonterra Capital Master Fund, Frontpoint Financial Services and derivatives trader Richard Dennis filed the ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... said. "You don't have to give up any return to implement this paradigm." The metric themselves will be measured with reference to the value of a human life; how many litres of water a company saves per person or how many lives does its product or drug ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
The federal government has released the terms of reference for the independent review into the financial system's external dispute resolution and complaints framework. The independent expert panel consisting of Professor Ian Ramsay (chair), Julie Abramson ...

Nationals senator not giving up on life insurance investigation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Senator John Williams said regardless of what Parliament ultimately looks like after a hotly-contested election, he will prioritise continuing the Senate Economics References Committee's life insurance industry investigation. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... from 94.62 on 1 April and 98.68 at the start of the year. The PBOC lowered the fixing the following month, setting the reference rate 0.3% lower to 6.5693 on 25 May. The US dollar index on that day was up to 95.35. It again weakened the yuan by 0.9% ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... investment risk than a year ago. The fund currently has a below average number of investments outside its low-cost, listed Reference Portfolio. The proportion that is invested outside the Reference Portfolio represents our active views on markets - in ...