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Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
Latest research from Zurich is helping financial advisers quantify the cost of healthcare when providing insurance advice. The cost of care whitepaper debunks the mentality that Australia is "bulletproof" and that the social and healthcare system will ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
State Street Global Advisors will vote against the entire slate of board members on a nominating committee if a company does not have at least one woman on its board. SSGA said the enhancement to its board gender diversity voting guidelines would begin ...

Elon Musk charged with securities fraud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Elon Musk's tweets about taking Tesla private have seen him charged with securities fraud by the US regulator. The Securities and Exchange Commission is also seeking court approval to stop Musk from serving as an officer or a director of a public company. ...

Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Macquarie Group executives, including outgoing chief Nicholas Moore and successor Shemara Wikramanayake, are embroiled in a German investigation that alleges the bank was involved in a share-trading scheme. In a statement released to the ASX on Friday ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
There were some moments so far in 2018 when it perked up against the US dollar but the path of least resistance has been a decline for the New Zealand dollar. The NZ dollar has dropped by 6.8% versus the greenback (to US$0.6628) this year to date and ...

BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
BT Financial Group is offloading Ascalon Capital Managers to an ASX-listed financial services firm. Westpac has entered into an agreement that will see ownership of the funds management business transition to Generation Development Group, formerly known ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
AMP Capital has has completed its divestment of $440 million in tobacco manufacturing-related holdings from across all its equity and fixed income investments. This is the largest divestment tobacco securities by a fund manager in Australia, the manager ...

Fintech hub snaps up Afterpay co-founder

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen will now sit on the board of a fintech innovation board after a raft of board changes were announced yesterday. Stone & Chalk has revamped its board, appointing seven new directors as it moves from a "start-up" to a ...

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Wealth Defender Equities is urging its shareholders to accept WAM Capital's takeover bid. WDE non-executive directors, comprising Paul Clitheroe, Richard Morath and chair Alan Schoenheimer, said they have carefully considered the offer and recommended ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
The subsidiary of a global investment manager with about $1.2 trillion in assets under management believes diversity is a material economic indicator. Latest research from AXA Investment Managers' (AXA IM) quantitative platform Rosenberg Equities shows ...