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Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... $250,000 investment fund with the purpose of generating returns to fund future student scholarships. Launched earlier this week, the Student Investment Fund will invest in socially responsible ASX-listed companies and its fund managers (students) will ...

AZ NGA assets hit $6bn with latest acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... million to $1.8 billion in just under two years." Barrett also flagged that AZ NGA will complete another acquisition this week, and that the firm has planned six further acquisitions before the end of the year.

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Three of the world's biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and ...

Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... and takes prompt corrective action if underperformance is identified, the report said. Financial Standard's spot poll this week asks if advisers are combining digital or robo solutions along with face-to-face advice to clients.

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... new industry association looking to build upon Australia's insurance innovation ecosystem will be formally established this week. National not-for-profit organisation Insurtech Australia will focus on representing insurtech startups, insurers, reinsurers ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... the investment team and our high conviction investment approach," Hodgens said. The news follows another mandate story this week that saw BT Funds Management New Zealand award a $500 million mandate to a manager of global sovereign debt. Winning the ...

BEAR closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Morrison said. Outgoing ASIC chair Greg Medcraft has urged the BEAR be extended to the wider financial services sector. This week's Financial Standard spot poll asks if BEAR should apply to life insurance companies. Vote here.

Industry sentiment mixed: ETF spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... the highest funds manager inflow over the 12 months ($1.8bn), while BetaShares had the second highest inflow ($1bn). This week's new Financial Standard weekly readership survey asks financial planners: How have the 1 July 2017 superannuation changes ...

Industry researcher praises Fidelity fee overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... an effective response to excessive focus on simply reducing headline fees. As reported in Financial Standard earlier this week, Fidelity made a "fundamental change in how it charges for its services" which involved reducing its annual management fee ...

XPLAN expands adviser training offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... accreditation and introduced a program of structured learning pathways. The changes to XPLAN education and training took effect this week, and include a program of structured learning pathways for specific roles such as administrators, advisers, risk-only ...