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Aussie fintech maintains strength

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Australian fintech investment in 2016 remained strong despite a 47.2% global slide in fintech investment, according to KPMG International's The Pulse of Fintech report. Total fintech investment in Australia reached $626 million across 25 deals in 2016 ...

Awareness of sustainable investing grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... important and valid as the money the company makes," BT Financial Group head of sustainability Emma Pringle said. The research findings support BT's new sustainability scoring, which affords visibility to advisers and customers over how their investments ...

IFM sees value in handbags

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... team seeks to invest in growing businesses in Australia and New Zealand with a value of $50 to $300 million. Last year, research conducted by an online fashion retailer found that Hermes Birkin handbags - when considered as a collectible and tangible ...

iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Research house Lonsec has awarded a 'recommended' rating to two iShares Edge Smart Beta Minimum Volatility exchange traded funds. The ratings assigned to iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF and the iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Yesterday's decision by the Fair Work Commission to slash Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers threw another spanner in the works for RBA Governor Philip Lowe's positive outlook ...

Regnan CEO steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... social and corporate governance related sources of risk and value for long-term shareholders in Australian companies. Its research is used by institutional investors making investment decisions, and also used in directing the company engagement and advocacy ...

Perpetual growing high net worth segment

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... while also initiating four new funds with more incubations to follow." The company made a number of recent consultant and research house upgrades for its multi-asset business under its Lead & Grow initiatives, which is "critical to our go-to-market strategy," ...

Life insurance ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Life insurance ranks the lowest of all insurance types, according to Roy Morgan research. In the year to December 2016, Roy Morgan's Single Source Survey of more than 9000 risk and life insurance policy holders found 67.4% were satisfied - down from ...

BlackRock makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... Stuart Dunn is the new head of wealth distribution for the northern region, while Linda Kang takes on the role of lead research relationship manager. Dunn was most recently Perpetual Investments' state sales manager for NSW and ACT, and prior to that ...

Northern Trust partners for private equity blockchain

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... improvements to the private equity market by using blockchain technology," Northern Trust global head of market advocacy and research Justin Chapman added. "This is an important first step to connecting participants much more effectively, including investors ...