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21 May 2014 • By • 1 min read

Life industry profit down 35pc

Life insurance sector profits have slumped by more than a third as the industry copes with the combined headwinds of rising claims and increased lapse ...

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Listed property boosts super returns

The median growth super fund gained 0.8 per cent during April with Australian and global REITs generating the strongest returns during the month, ...

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Appetite for equities diminishing

While Threadneedle Investments remains overweight in equities with valuations generally reasonable, it now considers equities “less compelling than ...

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Former Westpac trader banned

ASIC has banned a former trader employed by Westpac Institutional Bank from providing financial services for eight years. Jeremy Kaviraj Nambiar of ...

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Boutique managers ‘don’t get a look-in’

Small Australian equities managers are faced with an increasingly daunting task in getting their foot in the door of the institutional market, says EC ...

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Concerns about dark liquidity subside

ASIC’s concerns regarding the impact of dark liquidity on Australian financial markets have diminished, with rule changes implemented in May last year ...

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Govt urged to fix corporate super advice

The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) has urged the government to consider a number of proposals that will allow corporate super specialists ...

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Aussie firms vulnerable to cybercrime: Aon

Australian organisations are failing to adequately address their cyber risk exposure, despite the average data breach amounting to $2.26 million, ...

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Leighton Holdings agrees to $69.45m settlement

Leighton Holdings has agreed to pay $69.45 million in compensation to investors impacted by alleged disclosure breaches occurring from 2010 to ...

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YBR finalises Vow Financial acquisition

Yellow Brick Road has received acceptances from all of the shareholders in Vow Financial to go ahead with the $17.6 million acquisition. Due to the ...

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