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C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... that the consumer is king and given latest stats they're feeling like one too. While the preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan consumer confidence index slowed to a reading of 97.8 in November, this was from the 13-year high print of 100.7 ...

Industry funds adopt robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... industries. Child Care Super is dedicated to the early learning industry. Separately, a new partnership with Mercer and the University of Wollongong will boost research in the fields of health, wealth and career, providing graduate and employment opportunities ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. It looks at how industry participants can work together to close the underinsurance gap and safeguard financial ...

TelstraSuper names new technology executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... company IP Group which invests in companies that are in the early stages of technology and innovation emanating from university research. The group partners with top-ranked universities and institutional investors, sourcing scientific ideas from its ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... and cyber security. He currently chairs the boards of the Mitchell Institute for Heath & Education Research, Victoria University, and Essendon Football Club, and is a special adviser with Lazard Australia. Earlier this month Suncorp's subsidiary Vero ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Professional of the Year Award nominee, Johns has completed a Master of Disability Policy and Practice from the Flinders University School of Medicine. He researched the specific issues people with mental health and disabilities face when dealing with ...

Fund managers' transparency poor: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... global standards, it could also be deteriorating retirement savings, according to a new study. Commissioned by Monash University's Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), the report urges greater transparency in the Australian funds management ...

Cbus replaces two board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute, an adjunct professor with the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University, and an economic consultant. Edwards said: "With the fund expected to grow to more than $60 billion within four to five ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... distribute the Man AHL Alpha (AUD) Fund in Australia and New Zealand, along with future products. In May 2016, Oxford University and Man AHL renewed its Oxford-Man Institute partnership to further place the research group's focus on machine learning. ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Top third-year Bachelor of Commerce students at Griffith University will actively manage a $250,000 investment fund with the purpose of generating returns to fund future student scholarships. Launched earlier this week, the Student Investment Fund will ...