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Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... April, 117.6 in May and 11.73 in June - with both the current conditions and future conditions indices registering improvements. To be sure, the disappointing August non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by a less-than-expected 156,000 from 189,000 ...

Experienced executives chasing fintechs, start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... said at the junior level candidates appeared willing to change roles every 12 to 18 months for incremental salary improvements. He said skilled candidates in the digital space remained in particular demand, as companies strived to improve customer engagement ...

Life insurer surpasses code of conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... insurance industry members and superannuation fund trustees on the next iteration of the code to continue driving improvements in our industry, which plays such an important role in the life and wellbeing of Australians."

Blue Sky partners for property investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... projects such as this one. With inefficient property contributing to almost a quarter of Australia's emissions, any improvements in this area will have much broader benefits." This new project takes the CEFC's total 2016-17 clean energy investments to ...

Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... decline in its indicator score sees it fall one spot and out of the top 10 for this sub-index. Despite significant improvements Australia still has the ninth-lowest score in the environmental indicator, Natixis said. "Australia's mandatory superannuation ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... members will be required to adhere to these definitions, along with the rest of the Code, which includes disclosure improvements, set claim timeframes, restrictions of surveillance and greater levels of consumer communications transparency. Should non-compliance ...

BTFG upgrades Panorama app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... include an external assets view, fee details and tailored investment research and market data. "We make continual improvements all in line with feedback from advisers and their clients and the addition of the external assets view is critical to a real-time ...

Family offices partner for major US acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... assets acquired are located in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon and Utah, and Domus said it intends to "undertake value-add improvements" to increase rental income. Each property contains between 83 and 269 apartments, representing a total of 1,296. "The multifamily ...

Industry giant joins ACSI

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... trillion. In announcing its newest addition, ACSI reiterated its vision of achieving genuine, measurable and permanent improvements in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of the companies in which its members invest. "By harnessing ...

AMP improves life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Newly-launched improvements to AMP's life insurance offering are aiming to give advisers and customers greater flexibility and choice. To ensure customers' cover stays contemporary, AMP director of insurance proposition Greg Johnson said options can ...