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Synchron debuts new risk advice solution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... steep price difference between yearly renewable premiums and the current level products available in Australia meant the latter never gained much traction. "That 200% level premium was always going to be a bitter pill to swallow," he added. As a result ...

Aviva commences proceedings against Centrepoint

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Aviva Asia has commenced court proceedings against Centrepoint Alliance, the latter revealed in an ASX statement. According to Aviva's writ of summons and statement of claim, Centrepoint's former Singaporean subsidiary, Fifth Floor, breached a 2012 ...

Legg Mason makes three acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... management (AUM) - will operate as the primary independent real estate investment affiliate for Legg Mason, expanding the latter's offerings across the alternative asset management category. Under the terms of the transaction, Legg Mason will acquire ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... caps based on joint incomes and a government provided basic level of lump sum death and disability insurance cover. The latter would be a "lump sum, scaling down from, say, $100,000 up to age 40 and provided to anyone not in the workforce as a result ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... and its direct engagement program. Joining the $31 billion fund is Nicole Bradford, replacing Louise Davidson after the latter became chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) earlier this year. Bradford previously ...

Macquarie announces new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... ALE Property Group and OzForex Group. Warne was also a director at the ASX and the Sydney Futures Exchange (prior to the latter merging with the ASX in 2006). From 1988 to 1999, he was head of Bankers Trust Australia's financial markets group. Commenting ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... is sovereign and independent. We do not suffer from any meddling from Buckingham Palace or Westminster. Technically, the latter cannot do so following the passage of the Australia Acts in 1986. Yet we chose to maintain our constitutional monarchy and ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... $40 billion was wiped off the share market. There were heavy falls in US and European markets overnight, particularly the latter, due to the economic turmoil in Greece where banks are closed and the odds of a eurozone exit increase. The big Australian ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). Pension funds in the UK and US are reported to be driving the shift with the latter's disposal of equities reportedly masked by strong valuation gains. According to BIS, industry estimates show the share of ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... because the main risk is permanent destruction of capital caused by a market-wide de-rating. "We are very firmly in the latter camp." The JOHCM Global Opportunities Fund is an unconstrained strategy with the flexibility to go anywhere globally to find ...