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University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Australian National University's endowment fund has appointed a global manager to run an ESG-focused fixed income strategy. Aberdeen Standard Investments will actively manage Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay for the nearly $1.3 billion endowment ...

Stale boys club lingers on: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... workplace, while about half report offensive behaviour or exclusion from work events based on their gender. According to the University of Sydney, a study of 127 women working in investment management in Australia showed 13% have experienced sexual harassment. ...

CFA Australia names first chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... experience from both not-for-profit and member-based organisations. In her previous roles, Carroll has worked at Oxford University Press and CPA Australia, working across digital communications, content, publishing, IT and marketing. CFA Society Sydney ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... to drive its mental health strategy. Over the course of 2017, it also partnered with the Black Dog Institute and the University of Sydney as part of its commitment to improving mental health outcomes. Neil Greenberg, a defence mental health professor ...

AIOFP slams FASEA proposals, launches petition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Peter's exemplary role of AIOFP chair over the past eight years, we wish him well." Current AIOFP director and Deakin University head of financial planning Adrian Raftery has replaced Daly as the new chair. Sam El Shammaa from Sydney-based practice ...

Asset consultant expands capital markets team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... which includes an honours degree and a master of public administration in economic policy management from Columbia University in New York, where he was class valedictorian. "Philip has an impressive professional and academic pedigree and a diverse background ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... looking after the ethics and interests of members has shifted from super fund trustees and directors to the regulators, University of New South Wales associate professor Anthony Asher says. Regulators should be making sure super funds are fulfilling ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... is now worth over $2 trillion a year, a specialist consumer organisation in this space is long overdue," Mack said. University of Sydney Business School professor of finance Susan Thorp rounds out the SCC's board.

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... aspects of financial literacy and by considerable measure, according to the latest HILDA survey. For the latest study, University of Melbourne researchers administered a five-point financial literacy test, assessing respondents on numeracy, inflation ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... would vastly improve the way customers search for and track the ongoing status of financial advice providers," he said. University of New South Wales Business School professor of finance Jerry Parwada, who co-authored the white paper with Hoven, said ...