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Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... proportion of members with an RIE tended to make salary sacrifice contributions 33% higher, the research found. University of Sydney lecturer and co-researcher George Smyrnis said the analysis shows presenting the RIE encouraged higher rates of salary ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... investments in Australia, from $13 billion in 2017 to $8.2 billion in 2018. The report was produced by KPMG and The University of Sydney Business School looking at a dataset covering investments into Australia made by entities from the People's Republic ...

AMP Capital invests in student accommodation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... beds, adding to our recent University of Melbourne transaction in late 2018 and our partnership with the University of Sydney which began in 2003," he said. "The student accommodation sector is one of our core strengths and we are delighted to be able ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... determined to get a good education and upon graduating from high school she dove into a commerce degree at the University of Sydney. Taking heed from Robert Frost and his iconic poem 'The Road Not Taken', Falas chose to major in econometrics ...

ETF issuer hires Olympian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... joins after three years in data, operations and product roles at Morningstar Australasia. Earlier this month, University of Sydney graduate Nicola Culey joined ETFS to work across both sales and research teams. Last month, ETFS moved its London office ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... services. Speaking at SIBOS this week, Rachel Cooper, professor in Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney Business School, said that contrary to the experiences of Baby Boomers and Gen X, today's younger employees are better ...

Stale boys club lingers on: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... 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. Gender-related ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... 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 at King's ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... 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.

UBS chief investment strategist leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Business in Applied Finance from UTS in 1995. Prior to this, he completed an economics degree with honours at University of Sydney. Earlier this month, UBS partnered with New Zealand AI company FaceMe to produce a digital version of Daniel Kalt, the ...