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Australian non-bank finance shows robust growth

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... by 320% in 2015. The study conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the Tsinghua University Graduate School and the University of Sydney Business School, in collaboration with KPMG revealed that across Asia-Pacific total volume of online ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... Stream Award - Challenger Annuity and Income Stream Innovation Award - Challenger (Aged Care Planning Course UNSW Business School) Underwriting and New Business Team of the Year - Zurich Claims Team of the Year - BTFG Business Support Services and BDM ...

Dimensional expands with new Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Global asset management firm Dimensional has opened a new office in Melbourne in a bid to grow its investment management business and increase its client services capabilities. The new office is on Collins Street, the heartland of Australian industry ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... innovative and simpler products have come to the market over the last few years, "the industry still revolves around the old school super administration. It is too transaction focused, rigid, inflexible and not geared towards growth. We lack some vision ...

$1m does not make you rich, Australians say

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... the pre-requisites are having a professional job, owning a house and car and being able to send their children to private school. With the average household income of the middle class sitting at $77,676 per annum, the research suggests there is a clear ...

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... deputy chief executive and chief investments officer, AustralianSuper Gerhard Hambusch - senior lecturer, UTS Business School - University Technology Sydney Catherine Savage - managing director, Savage Group Limited and Independent Director Maria Wilton ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... include Google, the Aga Khan Development Network, and University of the Arts London as well as two new schools: Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children and the primary school, King's Cross Academy. The development is due for completion in 2021. The deal ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... Marshman, it is pointed out that employees still may not do anything if given more of a choice. "Many REST members are still school aged and working in their first job. These members tend not to exercise choice and tend to be disengaged given that the ...

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... it ridiculous that every single person in Australia will have a super fund "yet we don't get taught anything about it at school." "I think our industry and potentially the accounting industry has something to answer to as well because it's very common ...

Aussies don't want gift of super this Christmas

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... with additional budget pressures such as Christmas presents for the kids and extended family, as well as budgeting for school holiday activities and holiday getaways," Bourguignon said. "The festive season is a notoriously expensive time and one that ...