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More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... skillsets. Presenting at a recent Centre for International Finance and Regulation event, University of Sydney Business School Professor Susan Thorpe said the research was trying to measure the relative reasons for starting an SMSF; members' attitudes ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... T. Rowe Price where he was responsible mutual fund and sub-advisory product development. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University. "APAC is our fastest growing region and ...

NAB partners with University of Melbourne

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
NAB has partnered with the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Business School to promote and support innovation collaboration that will further shape the future of wealth management. The partnership will facilitate the exchange of talent and ideas ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... contrast to Australia, the UK government announced in its budget last week that it was considering making maths compulsory for school children right up to the age of 18.

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 ...