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Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... political uncertainty. The Equity Preference Index, maintained by Colonial First State Global Asset Management and the University of Western Australia, fell by 29% in the first half of 2016. It continues a downward trend in equity sentiment with the ...

NAB farewells two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... the co-founder and managing partner of law firm Gilbert + Tobin; he has also held directorships at the Western Sydney University Foundation, the Cape York Partnership and the Menzies School of Health Research. Segal, meanwhile, is former commissioner ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... while the military superannuation system recognised her gender change, funds in which she became a member via part-time university lecturing and journalism are still yet to do so. McGregor is part of a community exposed to archaic gender rules. Research ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... projections. This and the wealth effect created by the rallying stockmarket are making US consumers feel oh so good. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index jumped to 98.0 in December - 0.1 shy of the current cycle high of 98.1 recorded in ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is investing $20 million in an Australian and world-first university-issued certified climate bond. Certified by the global Climate Bonds Initiative and issued by Monash University, the $218 million climate bond ...

Private equity firm secures Telstra site for student housing

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... Corporation (CSC) and New Zealand-based infrastructure investor Infratil signing a 30-year deal with the Australian National University in August, and Blue Sky Private Real Estate forming a joint venture with Goldman Sachs in March to build a portfolio ...

Advice experiences can help educate non-advised

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... financial advisers, the industry has an opportunity to share these experiences and help educate Australians. A new university study led by researchers from the University of Adelaide, University of Technology Sydney and University of Western Australia ...

Finsia scholarship winner named

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... an award valued at $16,500 to assist her to complete the Business Essentials for Executives at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2017. In her role at Ashurst, Cassidy has advised on a number of market-leading transactions and complex ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... component increased by 5.7 points to 91.7. The Conference Board's consumer confidence measure echoes the large jump in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey (reported earlier) where the index rose to 93.8 in November from 87.2 in October. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... reversing September's 1.4% fall but remains down 4.0% in year-on-year terms. US consumer sentiment The final reading of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased to 93.8 in November. This compares with the preliminary reading and ...