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Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... be no sweat for Australia. However, this is complicated by the indirect links, i.e. what happens to the economies of our major trading partners as their economies buckle under the uncertainty of Brexit. The US dollar has risen - the US dollar index has ...

VicSuper CIO steps down

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... strategy and investment activities, as well as the review and monitoring of VicSuper's investments. He also contributed to a major restructure of VicSuper's investment portfolio into a core and satellite model. Prior to VicSuper Fabian was general manager ...

IFM Investors' timely ISGM partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
IFM Investors is adding to its private capital portfolio by announcing a major investment in an Australian contractor management company. The global fund manager will become a 50% shareholder in ISG Management, replacing the previous cornerstone investment ...

Majority of Masterfunds see losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... loss of -4.1% or -$0.8 billion, inflows of $48.9 billion (37.4%) were totally offset by outflows of $49.7 billion (44.8%). Major platform players include Commonwealth/Colonial ($74.1 billion), National Australia/MLC (471.7 billion), AMP ($53.5 billion) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... noted some risks to the Thai economy that include: "the fragile global economic recovery, monetary policy divergence among major advanced economies, the result of the EU Referendum in the UK ('Brexit') and financial stability concerns in China".

AIA and AdviserLogic partnership to benefit advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... of advice and client conversations. "Streamlining administration for life insurance advice, applications and claims is a major focus of efficiency improvement for AIA Australia to help financial advisers deliver a better, faster client experience and ...

Indigenous super event expands to Melbourne

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... Financial Literacy Australia Award under the highly commendable category. The event is supported by sponsors CBUS and NCIE, major sponsor AustralianSuper and principal sponsor The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). "We encourage ...

Investors must adapt to capital light era

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... services companies and areas such a computer software and research, " Yetsenga said. He added as education demand grows a major challenge will be tertiary funding. "Securing private sector investment will be vital with partnerships between business and ...

Zurich appoints COO in major insurance restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
Zurich has appointed a chief operating officer and announced a major realignment of its global life and general insurance business lines. In a statement, Zurich said the move was part of a process to "move to a simpler, more customer-oriented structure ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... investment is crucial to the funding of small and medium sized Australian businesses," El-Ansary said. AVCAL is calling on the major political parties to do more to help home-grown 'scale-up' companies. Warning that many promising start-ups could "wither ...