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Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... only thing that can get to the bottom of systemic and cultural issues in the banking and financial services sector." "The Prime Minister has consistently failed to stand up for the victims of financial misconduct in this country, preferring instead to ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Li starts to get what he likes... and then some. Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang's 6.5% growth target for this year is tracking well (surprise, surprise) - with a buffer to boot - as China's economy growth accelerated in the first three months of ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... builds on Giving Australia 2005 and was commissioned by the Department of Social Services (DSS) to assist the work of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership. The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS), with the ...

Insurers: beware the double-edged sword of genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... marked increase in consumer fears about being discriminated against due to genetic predispositions. "And life insurance is prime time for that kind of fear, uncertainty and doubt. You have asymptomatic individuals walking away from genetic testing due ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
It's official. It's signed, sealed and delivered. Making good on the promise she made in October last year, UK prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union formally setting in motion the two-year time limit for negotiations ...

Fintechs and instos must align: Saxo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... single margin account and across multiple devices. It also provides institutional clients with multi-asset execution and prime brokerage services. A recent example of this collaboration includes a partnership with Rivkin Securities. Fournais said Saxo ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
With one political uncertainty removed - last week's Dutch elections where Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) defeated the far-right leader Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV), indicating the rejection ...

Public service veteran retires from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Torres Strait Islander Commission, commissioner of the Australian Public Service and secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. AMP chair Catherine Brenner said Shergold "has made a significant contribution to AMP over the past decade ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Pacific. Sydney and Melbourne office spaces are tipped to be the winners "given a resilient Australian economy, while dominant prime regional shopping centres should also perform well", with Perth expected to underperform, according to head of real estate ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Western Districts. The 150-hectare property, Doyles, is outside Casterton near the South Australian border, and is in the prime beef and sheep region. Prior to entering into a contract to purchase the property, the fund was successful in securing a local ...