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IRESS announces senior leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... officer Andrew Todd. Finally, the changes will see Sydney-based group executive - product Aaron Knowles relocate to the United Kingdom at the end of the year to provide additional on-the-ground support and experience to IRESS' existing UK team. Internationally ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... wider range of assets. A study of global pension assets by Willis Towers Watson found that Australia was second only to the United States in its home equity bias," the draft legislation explained. When regulators in two "sufficiently equivalent jurisdictions" ...

IRESS eyes future earning potential following reduced profit

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... successful delivery of critical milestones for several benchmark client, product and technology projects, particularly in the United Kingdom and Australia," IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said. "Our financial results for the first half of 2017 reflect ...

Avoid the ETF trap: Bell Direct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... that passive alone will not deliver the desired return outcomes," he added. While Australia continues to lag behind the United States in terms of ETF uptake, passive allocation by local investors show no signs of abating, reaching $30 billion in funds ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... vice-president warned that: "The era of strategic patience is over. President Trump has made it clear that the patience of the United States and our allies in this region has run out and we want to see change. We will defeat any attack and we will meet ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... used. The consequence of this negative real wage growth has been documented in the 'IHS Markit Household Finance Index - United Kingdom' report for July. The key points of which are: UK household record sharpest downturn in household finances since July ...

Aussie banks cleared of Wells Fargo-type conduct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... to identify unlawful selling of retail banking products," he said. In late 2016, Wells Fargo was fined US$100 million by United States regulators after it was found that its staff had systematically and unlawfully opened as many as two million customer ...

ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... operations, divert management and board resources, and potentially lead to long running and costly legal actions. In May, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment made similar calls on Australian superannuation funds and fund ...

NAB collaborates on responsible investment bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... support a valued client with our deep expertise in raising debt capital." Projects to be funded with the bond include several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which measure impact and value for institutional investors, focusing on three ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... used. The consequence of this negative real wage growth has been documented in the 'IHS Markit Household Finance Index - United Kingdom' report for July. The key points of which are: UK household record sharpest downturn in household finances since July ...