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Investment

ACSI and TIAA-CREF drive poll voting

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
About three quarters of ASX200 companies now use poll voting at their annual general meetings according to the latest data from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).

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.

Active managers need new measurement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
The way active fund managers' returns are measured may not accurately reflect their value, negating up to 85 basis points in overall performance.

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
The ANZ job ads survey showed total advertisements increased to 156,969 in January - the highest level since June 2012 - up by 1.0% from December and by 10.8% from the same month last year.

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.

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has updated its investment expectations on human and children's rights, water management and climate change.

Perpetual launches wholesale global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Perpetual has launched a new wholesale fund targeted at reducing the risk of Australian dollar movements on international investments.

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Looked at in isolation, continued US labour market strength pooh-poohs recent concerns (including mine) that the weak global economy coupled with the US dollar strength is coming back/has come back to bite the US economy's behind.

DomaCom raises $8m in pre-IPO capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Investment platform operator DomaCom plans to publicly list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in the third quarter of 2016 after collecting $8 million in a pre-IPO capital raising.

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Some of the risks for the year ahead have been overstated and there are still plenty of opportunities to make good investments, according to Australian Unity Investments' joint venture asset managers.