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NAB farewells two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... directorships at the Western Sydney University Foundation, the Cape York Partnership and the Menzies School of Health Research. Segal, meanwhile, is former commissioner and deputy chair at ASIC; she was a review member of the Dawson Review into the Trade ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

SMSF satisfaction belies uncertainty

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... uncertainty in the sector about retirement adequacy and government policy. The report is based on a survey conducted by KREAB Research of more than 600 SMSF holders, and found that roughly half of respondents felt $1 million was a sufficient balance ...

Industry fund seeks volatility overlay mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... Fund is now available on both the Macquarie Wrap and HUB24 platforms. In 2017, Triple3 intends to expand its volatility research by developing an index on interest rate derivatives. Ho said the opportunity is massive given the size of the interest rate ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... consortium committed to using ACT-based companies and suppliers, while creating new jobs for the region and contributing to research and education with local universities. Managing director of CWP Renewables, Alex Hewitt said: "We are excited to see ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Australia employment There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.7% in November, the highest rate since August this year and was more ...

RI Advice launches retirement planning toolkit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Addressing the needs of specialist retirement advisers, RI Advice conducted independent research to build its new retirement planning toolkit. The toolkit comprises insights from said research, client video case studies, direct mail templates and social ...

Contango hires senior analyst from Wilsons

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... spent 16 years at Wilsons, advising on both institutional and retail businesses across trade execution, sales trading and research. At Contango he will join the firm's expanding investment team. "Adam has enjoyed a successful and well-rounded career ...

APAC multi-asset strategies receive tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... provider is further endorsing the case for moving investment portfolios towards multi-asset strategies. In its latest research paper, Saxo Capital Markets shows significant performance improvements in client portfolios across Asia-Pacific as trading ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... to men when they should really be aimed at promoting how diverse workplaces and boards benefit everyone. AMP Capital's research identified the five best ways to combat poor gender diversity across corporate Australia; acknowledging how companies are ...