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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 ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... history books" as Eurozone governments elect for fiscal over monetary policy. However, Craig encourages investors to keep their eye on the political situation as the populations of Germany, France, the Netherlands and Italy go to the polls. "The political ...

Severe inadequacies in retiree portfolios: VicSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... researching how long we can expect to live and setting our expectations for our lifestyle during retirement. If we all keep an eye on the long game, there will be plenty to be optimistic about for our future."

The era of the retirement consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... sensitive to volatility. They need income but live in a low-inflationary world. They need short-term certainty but have one eye on the long-term," Milliman's Jeff Gebler said. A retirement consultant is described as holding a blend of skills encompassing ...