UniSuper brings environmental investment option in house

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UniSuper, the $60 billion superannuation fund for Australia’s higher education and research sector, has internalised the management of its Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) fund, adopting an active management approach using... Read more continue reading

ASIC extends partnership for digital investigation and analytics software

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has extended its partnership with Australian software company Nuix following a competitive tender process. The new contract forms part of ASIC’s expanding analytics and... Read more continue reading

Alleron appoints David Gallagher to key role

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Alleron Investment Management has appointed Dr David R. Gallagher as a member of its Portfolio Risk and Process Committee. “We are delighted that David can join Alleron in an official... Read more continue reading

Nikko Asset Management and ARK Invest Partner for Disruptive Innovation Investment Solutions

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Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) last week announced that it is enhancing its disruptive innovation focused investment solutions by acquiring a minority stake in ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”). In... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 4 August, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were flat to up slightly over the last week. While Apple drove the US Dow Jones index to a... Read more continue reading

New appointments position Bennelong for future growth

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Bennelong Funds Management (Bennelong) has promoted its Head of Finance, Hamish Wood, to Chief Strategy Officer. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Craig Bingham. Hamish will be responsible for... Read more continue reading

The future of advice lies in finding the right blend of technology and the personal touch: HUB24

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As the technology used in advice practices continues to mature to enhance bottom line results, the challenge for advisers is to find the blend that works best for their business... Read more continue reading

75% of companies not meeting cost reduction targets

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In a new Deloitte survey of what measures Asia Pacific (APAC) companies are undertaking to manage costs and improve margins, Australian companies were found to have the least aggressive cost... Read more continue reading

YTML: ASIC’s example SoA ‘not balanced’

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Customer take up of life insurance advice could be adversely affected if Statements of Advice (SoA) for life insurance do not take a more balanced approach to the information they... Read more continue reading

A Little Bit of History Repeating?

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Historical patterns are among many indicators that can be helpful in the analysis of financial markets, since they can reveal valuable information of drivers or patterns pertinent to assets or... Read more continue reading