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Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... consumers should rejoice and... there's more of 'em than suppliers. For instance, Bloomberg printed a chart produced by Oxford Economics showing "the effect on GDP growth in 2015-16 of oil at $40 a barrel vs. $84" on a number of countries (I counted ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... intelligence, which puts it among the 10 professions most likely to be computerised in the next 10-20 years, according to Oxford University's Oxford Martin Program research into the impacts of future technology. "The trend is clear: computers increasingly ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... affecting the world today. Malleret's career has spanned investment banking, think tanks and academia (both in New York and Oxford) and in government (with a three-year spell in the Prime Minister's office in Paris). He headed the Global Risk Network ...

Asset consultants "useless": Oxford University study

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... returns and, in fact, recommended funds tend to perform worse than those which have not been recommended, a research by the Oxford University SaA-d Business School found. The investigation used survey data from US consultants with a combined share of ...

Bibby appoints new sales manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Lamers, who will report to national sales director Gary Green, joins Bibby from Oxford Funding, a division of Bendigo Bank, where he worked for a total of nine years holding the position of head of debtor finance ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... sustainable investment future, new research from Towers Watson has found. After surveying 22 asset managers in conjunction with Oxford University, consultant Towers Watson said investors needed a new way to think about sustainable investing, and better ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... alternatives exposure particularly into hedge funds. But Dr Ludovic Phalippou of the SaA-d Business School at the University of Oxford said achieving these returns in the real world can be difficult because private equity internal rates of return are ...

ANU partners with CFA Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... with the Australian National University. The CFA Program Partner initiative was launched in 2006 with the University of Oxford being the inaugural partner. Currently, there are 135 CFA Program Partner institutions around the world, which includes 32 ...

ASIC bans Oxford Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), backed by the Federal Court of Australia, banned Tasmanian based Oxford Investments Tasmania and its sole director for advising on financial products for 10 years. As a result, the firm and its sole ...

Valad splurges $138m for debut purchase

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... equity in its first close last Friday. The fund has also exchanged contracts on five office buildings at Parkway Court, Oxford Business Park ($19.7 million) and forward funded a retail warehouse unit in Plymouth for $18.8 million. The investments make ...