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Hedge fund, PE allocations drive super fees: study

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

... industry funds. While retail funds, on average, charger a higher fee than expected. Senior lecturer at the University of Sydney and leader of the research project, Andrew Ainsworth said that funds with higher fees did, on average, deliver higher returns. ...

Vulnerable clients easily manipulated: study

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016

... of the techniques used by advisers to manipulate critical financial decisions. In light of the study, the University of Sydney Business School's professor Susan Thorp has called for a tightening of regulations to protect 'vulnerable' clients. The major ...

Fee and return disclosures influence retirement choice

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016

... account balances," the working paper said. The researchers from the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney suggest a "smart" interactive disclosure where members could populate a single table with attribute data from two or three ...

New non-executive director for GBST

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016

... as chair of the board's audit and risk management committee. Page holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, fellow of the Australian Institute of Company directors.

MyState appoints former Virgin Money chief executive

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016

... positions with BT Funds Management and KPMG. He is currently an adjunct professor of management education at University of Sydney Business School. MyState chairman Miles Hampton thanked Mansbridge for his long service to the group. Mansbridge was appointed ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016

... over-rating their skillsets. Presenting at a recent Centre for International Finance and Regulation event, University of Sydney Business School Professor Susan Thorpe said the research was trying to measure the relative reasons for starting an SMSF ...

Australian non-bank finance shows robust growth

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS | WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016

... conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the Tsinghua University Graduate School and the University of Sydney Business School, in collaboration with KPMG revealed that across Asia-Pacific total volume of online alternative finance markets ...

Tribeca creates new investment role

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016

... quantitative modelling. He has a PhD from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and a Bachelor's degree from University of Sydney in Applied Mathematics, where he won a University Medal," Daily said. Moore joins Tribeca's quantitative team which ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015

... special thank you for establishing a significant funding base for youth mental health," FGG chairman and University of Sydney chancellor Belinda Hutchinson said. Among the fund's first investors were the Smith Family, Peter Scanlon's Scanlon Foundation ...

Most members actively choose MySuper: research

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015

... engage appropriately with members in order to better understand what they want." Co-author of the study, University of Sydney Professor Susan Thorp, said the research provides insights into the wants and needs of super fund members, and how they square ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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