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Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... relationships with employees, suppliers and customers, and consider the long-term impact of their actions on the environment and society as a whole."

TH Real Estate appoints new sustainability head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Estate, through delivering its mission to "invest in the urban future of tomorrow's world" for the benefits of clients and society. With over 10 years' experience, Dean joins TH Real Estate from JLL where she held the role of head of sustainability for ...

ACFS head departs to Vic government

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... Pacific project at the centre. He is also a vice chancellor's fellow at Victoria University, president of the Economics Society of Australia (Victoria branch) and director at CEDA, and was previously a senior executive at Commonwealth Bank. He will formally ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... entering a new technological and machine age over the next 10-25 years that could disrupt most businesses and possibly society as we know it. In this regard, the new technological and machine age may be more important than The Industrial Revolution," ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... is no longer the case and that most companies have a long way to go before their policies become reality. "In today's society, with technology the way it is and the demand that we can be both a great parent and great at work, there is a need for greater ...

Funeral bonds on the minds of advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Funeral bond provider Australian Friendly Society believes a combination of factors is driving an increased demand in the product's annual take up. Australian Friendly Society chief executive Mandy Cooper said over the past two years new business has ...

AFA signs former PM for national conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... passionate about encouraging women to become more powerful facilitators of change in their workplace, community and wider society. The AFA National Adviser Conference aims to bring together AFA members with their peers, practice owners and industry thought ...

Financial services given hand to protect seniors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... developing a strategy for an aged care workforce. "Ageing is about so much more than age care - it covers all aspects of society - from employment to health, education, retirement income and liveable cities," National Seniors chief executive Michael ...

Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... of Australians believe that businesses in the financial services industry will do 'what is right', according to the CFA Society's 2016 global investor survey. The survey, From Trust to Loyalty: A global survey of what investors want, found that only ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... If we are getting into helicopter money and radical changes to inflation targets this has got serious consequences to society. "Politicians have got to stop saying central banks can do more. We've got to start thinking of a two-fold approach of structural ...