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mFunds grow by 77%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... funds offered by 41 fund managers via 15 brokers. This number is expected to grow thanks to NAB, which became the first major bank to commit to the service at the end of 2015. An ASX report of mFund transaction data released in November also showed that ...

Investec buys stake in equity crowdfunding fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
Investec has purchased a 20% stake in Equitise, an equity crowdfunding business. Created in 2014, Equitise has been a forerunner in the Australian equities crowdfunding sector, working alongside regulatory shifts to accommodate this new form of investment. ...

Advice GM leaves ANZ

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
ANZ's general manager advice and open market channels has announced he will leave the bank to pursue other opportunities. Neil Younger took the advice reins at ANZ in 2014 following the departure of Paul Barrett, who has since formed AZ Next Generation ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
If anything, the continued increase in Australian job advertisements affirm the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) positive take on the domestic labour market. In its February Statement on Monetary Policy, the Australian central bank noted that, "A concentration ...

Rubik upgrades profit guidance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Financial services software company Rubik Financial expects its first half result to be more than 20% up on previous guidance of $2 million in underlying EBITDA. The company made the announcement on the ASX ahead of the release of its half year accounts ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... not immune to that," she added. "Global markets in early 2016 highlighted key factors that will affect our market. Central bank action, and possibly inaction, will have its effects," she explained. "If we start looking at the RBA, the cash rate is at ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... and reporting. Monitoring environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in the portfolio is an important part of Norges Bank Investment Management's (NBIM) work on responsible investment," a fund statement said. Chief executive of NBIM, Yngve Slyngstad ...

Actuaries Institute appoints new president

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
The Actuaries Institute is aiming to increase its influence in Australia's data analytics industry, appointing a new president to oversee the profession's changing business environment. New president Lindsay Smartt said many actuaries were now nominating ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... words have been etched into Fed policy statements for as long as I could remember. The data most relevant to the US central bank, of course, are those that directly reveal progress on its dual "statutory mandate" - "maximum employment and 2% inflation". ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Australia's large institutions must tread carefully if they are to adapt their workforces to the monumental changes resulting from process automation in what has been dubbed "the second machine age." A 2015 PwC report said nearly half of the jobs in ...