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Aberdeen names FEAL scholarship winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has named the winner for its FEAL London School of Economics Executive Summer School Scholarship for 2015. HESTA executive manager - finance and investment operations David Morris will attend the Leadership in Financial Institutions ...

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... pension. The pension reforms are expected to save $2.4 billion in the budget's forward estimates, Morrison said. UTS Business School Professor David Michayluk alerted that the changes might create a disincentive to save among younger Australians. In ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) said in a policy briefing that: "There is ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... seed money from Perennial's international equity business, which it acquired at the end of last year. "From when I left school I've wanted to manage global equities," Mitchell told Financial Standard. "I've always been willing to back myself as an investor ...

AMP appoints BT head of corporate super

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... our customers lead the lives they want to lead in retirement." Doyle holds an executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has extensive trustee experience, including ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... countries in little more than 20 years. The youngest of three boys, Hagger grew up in Adelaide Hills and attended the same school where his father taught mathematics. Although he was not bad at it, his father was harder on him than on other students ...

AustralianSuper adds London site to property portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
AustralianSuper has bought a 25% stake in a large mixed-use property investment in London's King's Cross. The purchase is the $84 billion industry super fund's first direct London investment and only its second in the UK. AustralianSuper will join the ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... crisis like in the US or Europe it means some business and economic practices in Australia are still operating on 'old school' models. Against these challenges, achieving the two core goals for most investors of safe yield and growth will be harder. ...

Women in Super launches executive education scholarships

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Women in Super (WIS) and the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) have joined forces to offer scholarships for NSW WIS members wishing to fast track their career in superannuation. The scholarships are sponsored by AGSM (UNSW Business School) ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Voter backlash against infrastructure recycling plans in recent (and current) state election campaigns is raising alarm bells within the superannuation sector. It was such a point of contention in the recent Queensland state election that most observers ...