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Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... latest data releases - which on balance disappointed market expectations - helped bring long yields lower. While the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to its best level since January this year 97.7 in May from 97.0 in the previous ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... The establishment of the authority follows an independent review of the External Dispute Resolution framework, led by University of Melbourne law professor Ian Ramsay. "Australians need to be confident that financial services providers - banks, insurers ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... or general practitioners (GP) bulk billing will be indexed, together with GP and specialist fees as of 1 July 2018. University students will need to pay an additional 7.5% (or 1.82% annually) over four years from 2018 in course fees, and as of July next ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... would do it knowing what we all know now about it. We are at that same [early] stage with bitcoin," he said. Cambridge University counts as many as 5.8 million unique users of the so-called crypto currency wallet, most of whom use bitcoin. More than ...

Pre-retirees robbing Peter to pay Paul: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... financial burdens placed on pre-retirees is providing for the education costs of children aged 18 and over as they complete university or private studies. Financial assistance for education is being provided to 45% of adult children, accounting for 24% ...

Human rights considerations are good for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... the future." In a meta-study of more than 200 academic studies, industry reports, newspaper articles, and books, the University of Oxford and Arabesque Management showed 88% of research found that solid ESG practices result in better operational performances ...

Oxford University assisting Aussie advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... access a new risk profiling tool already adopted by advisers, investment firms and banks globally. Launched by Oxford University subsidiary Oxford Risk, the Oxford Risk Rating Online platform is designed by academics and finance industry professionals ...

InFocus restructures to support growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... of marketing in Irene Watt. Watt has previously held senior marketing and media roles with Netball Australia, Bond University, Careers Australia, and was most recently working with InFocus as a freelance strategic marketing consultant. InFocus general ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... AODP consults with the top 500 asset owners in the world - comprising large pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowment funds and insurance companies - representing $45 trillion. When the project was launched 10 years ago, only 2% of ...

Investment manager appoints head of machine learning

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... within its client trading programs for several years. The Man Group benefits from its innovative collaboration with the University of Oxford, the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI), which focuses on cutting-edge research into machine learning techniques and ...