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International pension research network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... providing valuable analysis to the global community." CEPAR is collaborating with the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA), and Netspar at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), to launch INPARR. The research ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... climate change and reduced emissions; water scarcity; food security; and health care. With the help of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the City University of New York, UBS is helping PGGM hone its universe of 650-700 companies it believes ...

BTIM adds to global equities boutique

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... retail sector analyst and healthcare sector analyst. He left the group in 2014 to complete an MBA program at London Business School. Crompton joins from Investa property group as an accounting/finance graduate where he has held a number of roles as part ...

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... less than 10% chance of lost earnings due to disability or illness. The research conducted in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, surveyed more than 11,000 people in 11 countries to find out ...

VicSuper chief wins FEAL award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon has been named the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year. The 15th annual Fund Executive of the Year award was presented at a FEAL members' dinner at the Sheraton on the Park in ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... do tap, jazz, ballet and I loved the theatre and acting and thought that was going to be my path right through my high school years. It was during my first work experience in the theatre at the Seymour Centre while I was studying economics in Sydney ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... The results take into account the A$8.1 billion half yearly charge for Gulf of Mexico compensation. UK's Warwick Business School professor David Elmes, an expert in the global energy sector, said the result reflects continued challenges for the industry. ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... college education could not raise $2000 for an emergency. The ratio rises to a staggering 45% for people with only a high school education. One in five Americans meanwhile have outstanding unpaid medical debts and that 29% of home mortgage borrowers ...

Diversity isn't going to a Chinese restaurant: PwC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Diversity in corporate governance means more than the board of directors going to a Chinese restaurant now and then, according to PwC partner Ken Woo. Speaking on a diversity panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Woo acknowledged a natural ...

Industry fund appoints new CSO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has achieved a Certificate of Business Excellence from the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley. Mine Wealth + Wellbeing has more than $9.4 billion in funds under management and more than ...