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La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Ventures investment funds have provided some $200 million in vital growth capital to some of Australia's most promising start-ups. Smorgan was a major part of one of Australia's largest family businesses, Smorgon Consolidated Industries, for 25 years ...

Robo-advice is WALL-E, not Terminator

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... 2030 these young professionals will account for 70% of financial assets. Holley Nethercote provides services to fintech start-ups, some of which are exploring robo-advice options: "Each of the young fintech start-ups that come to us with their ideas ...

Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... and Sandra Coleman as general manager information systems. One senior industry figure who has seen different board room make-ups over the years is Catholic Super chief executive Frank Pegan. He said over his 14 years in the top position he has restructured ...

ME and mutuals must embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... analyse big data. KPMG's review found that 62% of mutuals are willing to invest in new technologies, highlighting fintech start-ups have potential to add value to mutuals and their members "as well as access to innovative propositions at a lower entry ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... it was a lifecycle fund. Sunsuper says its lifecycle investment option helps members not to lose sleep "worrying about the ups and downs of the investment markets, particularly as you're getting close to retirement." "When you're young you can afford ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Monopolies offer best infrastructure returns: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... capital protection and correspondingly only invests in mature, OECD markets. That lessens the likelihood of political blow-ups which can impact assets. "The biggest risks to infrastructure in our view are political and, tied into that, regulatory. It ...

Turnbull backs financial start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... able to seize these opportunities and they are in abundance," Turnbull said. "Now this requires obviously support for start-ups. I just don't mean government support for start-ups that exists. We need to support start-ups more effectively and we also ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
It could be because of China's one-week hiatus or the Fed's decision to maintain policy settings where they are or the resurgence in equity and commodity markets or all of the above but it seems the times. they're not a-changin'. This, at least, could ...