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FPA honours top advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... the final unit of the CFP Certification Program, went to John Dacker from Shadforth Financial Group. As for the FPA University Student of the Year, Mary Hadgis from the University of South Australia won in recognition of academic excellence and commitment ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Latest research from Macquarie University uncovers flaws in the use of balanced scorecards to determine remuneration. It comes as Australia's biggest bank bosses face the Royal Commission. According to researchers from the university's Applied ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... continue to lift and shorter duration assets will perform better. Not as passive Talis Putnins, a professor at the University of Technology Sydney's Finance Discipline Group, says he sees no evidence of ETFs eroding market efficiency. A paper he ...

Zurich partners for future of work and insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
Zurich has entered a three-year study partnership with Oxford University to develop a means of ensuring workers are effectively protected and supported in an increasingly fragmented labour market. Working with the Smith School of Enterprise and the ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... to slash the number of questions but to ask the right questions. Three years in the making, the collaboration with University of Technology Sydney's (UTS) Advanced Analytics Institute has found meaningful correlation between medical history and demographics ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... Petroleum, and Woodside Petroleum. Broadbent is currently chair of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia; chancellor of University of Wollongong; and a director at Woolworths, Sydney Dance Company and National Portrait Gallery of Australia. She worked as ...

Warakirri expands investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... Pier in Melbourne, and Hogan Lovells and Allen & Overy in Hong Kong. He holds a master in agribusiness from Melbourne University. Best and Smith will report to Warakirri's investment manager for agribusiness Luke Carey. The 25-year-old boutique has ...

Industry fund appoints former Labor politician

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... Professional and Ethical Standards Board and as an adjunct professor within the College of Law and Justice at Victoria University. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said: "We are delighted to welcome Nicola to HESTA. Her rich experience in health and ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... that is generating a virtuous cycle of optimism, even greater spending, jobs and growth. Speaking of optimism, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index remains at its strongest level since the year 2000 despite its recent slip from 99 in September ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... financial services. Speaking at SIBOS this week, Rachel Cooper, professor in Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney Business School, said that contrary to the experiences of Baby Boomers and Gen X, today's younger employees ...