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Slow growth and regulatory burden top insurance industry fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Pacific insurance leader Paul Clark added: "Today's insurers are enabling advances in product development through new metrics and social media tools, promoting the advantages of insurance to a younger audience and better interacting with customers approaching ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... become one of the first non-bank participants in the syndicated loan market through its $75 million investment in the Metrics Credit Partners Diversified Australia Senior Loan Fund. Metrics Credit Partners provides exposure to syndicated loans to Australian ...

Rice Warner nabs former Pillar COO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... service offerings, including online calculators, member benefit projections. He will also work on a new online industry metrics tool allowing superannuation funds to compare themselves to their peer group. Pillar has not announced the appointment of ...

Lonsec expects growth in smart beta ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... from capitalisation weighted indices reflect active investment decisions," Elsworth said. Fundamental indexing, based on metrics such as book value or balance sheets, and low-volatility indexing are two of the most popular products on the market.

VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... largest VC-backed companies alone spent $1.4 billion in R&D between 2005 and 2011," Dr Woodthorpe said. Despite these metrics venture capital is currently a low priority for institutional super fund investors due to its perceived higher risk and longer ...

Windham looks to bring systemic risk strategy to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... continued. "The market also shrugged off the US fiscal cliff scenario at the turn of the year." According to Windham's metrics, systemic risk has been quote low in the market since February 2012 and, low-and-behold, during that period there has not been ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... concerned the SEC was that neither Netflix nor their CEO had previously used this personal Facebook page to announce company metrics and had never advised investors about this communications channel.

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... popular investment for mainstream investors in recent years. Williamson says that there are a number of factors helping the metrics for emerging market debt compared to the developed world equivalents: lower debt-to-GDP ratios, lower fiscal deficits ...

New support tools bridge adviser gap

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... maximising the benefits of both of the above initiatives. "This program is about taking control," adds Englund. "By using metrics, and having business leaders coached, they are more empowered to achieve business success."

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... offset weaknesses on the external side and that's what worries us." "Australia's already, as we see it, got some credit metrics that are right off the scale when it comes to assessing Australia's external position... It's got high levels of external ...