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Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL | THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012

... and Melbourne this week. Speaker Tim Harcourt, chief economist for Australian and Global Economics at the UNSW Australian School of Business, said China, South East Asia and increasingly India, remain extremely important for Australian business in 2012. ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011

At this year's ASX Schools Sharemarket Games, the 60,000 participating school students showed that they have only half the skill of professionals investment managers. The results should come as welcome relief to managed funds investors throughout Australia ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011

... and simplified. As if to follow suit, Fierce Finance news reported that two professors at the University of Minnesota Law school have proposed an alternative rule that would be much more efficient and cause less coolateral damage. "[Bank directors should] ...

US Girl Scouts launch financial literacy merit badge

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011

... lifestyle skils such as budgeting, comparison shopping and good credit practice. Harper told Moneyland that the average school curriculum doesn't teach enough of these skills and something needs to be done about it. The financial literacy merit badge ...

FICAP on course for another successful fundraising event

CLAIRE MCGREAL | FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011

... charity partners." FICAP's newest charity partner, YWCA NSW, created the FICAP Voices mentoring program for Blairmount Public School in South West Sydney. The program will see children in years five and six paired with an adult mentor for one session ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011

... allocations but retirement income replacement ratios, said Dr Larry Beeferman, from the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. "If someone is in a default investment, should it be a default income level at retirement where you effectively ...

Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011

... to professor Michael E Drew, managing director of lifecycle strategies at QIC and professor of finance at the business school, Griffith University in Queensland. The award for most outstanding future leader went to Stephanie Charles, director of Credit ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON | FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

... professional and prompt other firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime has signed up to a school based traineeship programme run by the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), which aims to help young indigenous people ...

Former Liberal leader named Equiti Capital chair

ELISE BURGESS | TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011

... and private companies. In addition to his political background, Hewson was also a professor of economics, and head of the school of economics at the University of New South Wales and two years as Dean, Macquarie Graduate School of Management and professor ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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