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Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... month business school program as well as an internship in the infrastructure teams of some of the participating G7 institutions. The announcement follows the recent establishment of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a new tool that Canadian provincial ...

Daido Life buys stake in life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... Integrity Life underwriting the life insurance component of QBE's consumer credit insurance suite sold via financial institutions. Integrity Life managing director and chief executive Chris Powell at the time said: "The top 10 life insurers hold ...

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... even better placed by geography, to issue sukuks to assist in the funding of our infrastructure. Local financial institutions, such as National Australia Bank and Crescent Wealth have expertise in building compliant Islamic debt structures, and could ...

Findex launches debt advisory business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... the ins and outs of a business' banking requirements, and provide value-add to client interactions with financial institutions." This move follows Findex naming Mary Driscoll as the managing partner for the South Queensland arm of Crowe Horwath. Driscoll ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... net inflows seen in April 2017." But while funds would continue to flow into China's equity market - mainly for institutions to meet their benchmark allocations - the ultimate test would be the emergence of another market rout such as the experience ...

Advisers still resistant to social media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said. "Our new competitors are not other advice practices or financial institutions, but customer-obsessed tech companies. These companies have a laser-focus on customer engagement, delivering a seamless and ...

Liquidnet and OTAS ramp up AI play

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... in the MiFID II environment. Liquidnet's liquidity-seeking algos leverage the network of more than 920 global institutions offering more than US$78 billion of global average daily liquidity in one place, the firm said.

Royal Commission backlash continues for banks: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... caused respondents to consider changing their banking institution and whether they were more or less likely to switch institutions as a result of the Commission. While the research shows Australians are considering switching providers - not moving away ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Robeco was awarded mandates, collectively representing $500 million, by two financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand. While the institutions haven't been named, both made investments in Robeco's fundamental global credits strategy. ...

$900bn of wealth soon up for grabs: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... community," Woods said. According to Woods, encumbrances of new educational standards and the withdrawal of major institutions from the advice industry - such as NAB's divestiture of its wealth management arm MLC - placed the industry in "extraordinary ...