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Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
As the band 'Chicago' would sing, it would be "baby, what a big surprise, right before my very eyes" if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifts - up or down - monetary policy settings when it meets today. No rate cut is in the cards this afternoon ...

Paragon hires distribution head from Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... by managing director John Deniz, former analyst at GBS Venture Partners, Aegis Equities Research, Patersons Securities and Eye Management; and fund manager Nick Reddaway, who was previously a fund manager at K2 Asset Management and an analyst at BlueCrest ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Australia's declining home ownership rate has become so serious that it is imposing a significant threat to the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system, according to a new report. If the trend continues retirees will be increasingly forced ...

Global VC fund opens Australian office

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... new businesses created in the last financial year alone." 500 Startups founding partner Dave McClure added: "We've had our eye on Australia and have already invested in 20 Aussie start-ups. Partnering with Melbourne and LaunchVic helps us bring a slice ...

Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
A global provider of life insurance claims software entered into a strategic partnership with an Australian wealth management consultancy. FINEOS, which services clients including AMP, CommInsure, Macquarie, ANZ, TAL and Westpac, has joined up with ...

ANZ appoints culture executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
Following scrutiny around systemic cultural issues within the big four banks, ANZ will welcome a key human resources executive to a role with broader scope and new title. Kathryn van der Merwe is joining the bank as group executive, talent and culture. ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Australia's financial services industry and regulators no longer broadly consider climate change to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
About 60% of Australia's SMSFs consider themselves to be unadvised, instead receiving their education around incoming super reforms from news and social media platforms. This is a key finding of new research from the SMSF Association and Commonwealth ...

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks. The $7 billion super fund confirmed the possible amalgamation; a step that would see its assets almost double to $13.5 billion and membership grow ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... it is to watch the specifics of his policy proposals, he said. At PIMCO, the head of public policy, Libby Cantrill, has her eye on four agenda items for 2017. Everybody knows about Obamacare and how Trump wants to get rid of it but to date, the incoming ...