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Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... at the clinical trialling of testing for molecules and devices and digital solutions coming out of the universities and medical research labs in this country." He said the BTF's $500 million pool of venture capital is combined from a $250 million federal ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... cities and metropolitan areas which are seen as 'innovation centres' for technology, finance, media, education, and the medical sciences, attracting younger employees and "establishing a self-sustaining base of knowledge-based growth." Likewise, growth ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... the 1940s. CBA's chief risk officer David Cohen, who appeared alongside Narev, attributed this to "a lag effect between medical knowledge advancements and definitions being updated." Cohen later admitted the definition had been updated a number of times ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... CommInsure scandal in March. In the update, the insurer claims the independent review has so far found no evidence of medical files being tampered with or deleted; that all assertions in the media that CommInsure was not responsive to employees' concerns ...

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... capital through three Sydney-based fund managers with a focus on technology, including: M.H. Carnegie & Co (general and medical technology), Brandon Capital Partners (biotech), and Blackbird Ventures (software).

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... at 10 and 30-year bond yields and cash rates. We're looking to maximise yield while not chasing the risk too far." The Medical Research Future Fund, established in September 2015, had $3.3 billion in assets under management at 30 June and has earned ...

LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... six performing companies in the portfolio. St Barbara was a standout performer over the year and Doray Minerals, Vocus, Medical Developments, Beadell Resources and Sirtex Medical all made a significant contribution to the return," Hall said.

Equity Trustees restructures philanthropy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... discretionary charitable giving directed into five key categories. Children and young people will receive $1.8 million, medical research and health will get $3.6 million, ageing and aged care receives $2.2 million, $1 million goes to animals and the ...

Retirees increasingly favour income over lumps sums

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... outstanding debts. For the other one quarter, the most commonly cited reasons were for holidays, followed by general living and medical expenses," said Jarvis. The number of people with some superannuation and the average value of their accounts have ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Siri, the digitisation of goods, the automation of white collar jobs, the development of autonomous robots and advances in medical technology leading to major breakthroughs in longevity. In the medium term, Magellan's top four holdings - Apple, Microsoft ...