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New chair at Local Government Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... board chair is Kyle Loades who has worked with NRMA, Credit Union Australia. Loades is currently a professor at the University of Newcastle. In another addition to the board, Sandi Orleow is joining it as an independent director, with extensive experience ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... afford to take on any more clients," Vagliviello said. "What the banks may do is then employ lowly paid FASEA fresh university graduates to provide the advice and therefore take over the industry with the blessing of the Government that ostensibly set ...

Trillionaires around the corner: study

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... graduate to trillionaires will be Jack Ma and Pony Ma. Jack Ma is the co-founder of Alibaba Group and was previously a university lecturer. Ma Huateng (Pony May) has an engineering background and co-founded Tencent in 1998 which owns popular messaging ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
A new report produced by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) along with the University of Auckland and AMP Capital has revealed how difficult it is for fund managers to actually measure the influence of impact investments. The ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... until 2011, a new research paper found. Pay to Play in Investment Management, a paper published by William Beggs from University of San Diego and Thuong Harvison from University of Arizona last month, looked at all investment advisory firms registered ...

Insider trading rife among company directors: ANU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Research conducted by the Australian National University suggests insider trading by company directors and associated trading on the Australian Security Exchange is "rife". The research examined trades made by company directors after positive and negative ...

Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... also showed a Nespresso ad where George Clooney narrates the story of a daughter of one such farmer who can now attend university. "Many think of change in terms of technological and economic disruption. While understanding disruption is clearly vital ...

Allianz Retire+ to research retirement transition

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Allianz Retire+ is partnering with Macquarie University in a three-year research project to better understand the impact of holistic advice on retiree happiness. Macquarie University associate professor Joanne Earl will lead the project, and will work ...

AXA IM dips toes in Aussie student housing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... Atira Student Living Portfolio. The accommodation is located in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide and in proximity of University of Melbourne and University of Queensland and others, with the average asset less than two years old. AXA said the venture ...

Finance cheats more likely to cheat: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
A University of Texas study has found finance professionals who engage in misconduct at work are more likely to be unfaithful in marriage. The study looked at financial advisers, chief financial officers and chief executives amongst others using the ...