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Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Roche Holding AG and the Michelin Group have topped Thomson Reuters' Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) index. The new index ranks the top 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide across 24 metrics to determine their diversity and inclusivity. The metrics ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
About 30 superannuation funds are in line to own a majority share in Ausgrid, one of New South Wales' largest electricity networks. Ahead of the NSW government re-launching its Ausgrid acquisition process, both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper submitted ...

IOOF upgrades Pursuit functionality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
IOOF has introduced a new automatic re-weighting function to its Pursuit platform. The new feature, available through Pursuit's Portfolio Online portal, allows advisers to choose between re-weighting client's portfolios to a desired percentage or to ...

Myer Family Investments chair to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Myer Family Investments will renew its board after its October 18 annual general meeting. Martyn Myer, appointed as chair in 2011, will retire from the board and be replaced by Sidney Myer, who currently serves as a non-executive director. Martyn Myer ...

Federal Court approves Zurich's Macquarie acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Six months after the deal was first made public, the Federal Court of Australia has finally approved Zurich's acquisition of Macquarie Life's risk business. Following the acquisition, Zurich will become Australia's fourth-biggest retail life insurer ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Waning. Impotent. Ineffective. End-game. These were some of the adjectives applied to the major central banks' "non-conventional" policy stimuli of recent years. Terms, that when mentioned with the word "lift" alongside the Fed and the loss of faith ...

NAB board member joins Platinum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A non-executive director on the board of National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined the board of Platinum Asset Management. Anne Loveridge has replaced Margaret Towers who formally retired from the Platinum board as a non-executive director after more ...

Super fund investment transparency can improve

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Superannuation fund disclosure is under a spotlight for the second time in as many weeks. This time the focus is centred on super funds' investment portfolios with a survey from activist group Market Forces showing 86% of Australians want to know where ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A global equities manager says divesting out of stranded assets and reinvesting in energy efficiency-driven companies is a strategy resonating with institutional investors. Impax Asset Management managing director and co-head of listed equities, Bruce ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity showed no growth (0%) in August, decelerating from 0.08% in the previous month but the six-month annualised growth rate - indicating the "pace of economic activity ...