Inquiry could force banks to halve dividends
SG Hiscock and Company’s Hamish Tadgell predicts findings from the Hayne Inquiry will lower dividends within institutional banking.
Hayne report to push new ethical standard
Empowerment of individuals should be the focus of the recommendations to come out of the Hayne Inquiry says Dr Simon Longstaff argues.
Choice products too conservative: Rice Warner
Many superannuation fund members investing in so-called Choice products appear to be using those that aren’t suited to their stage in life.
ME readies to swipe market share
The industry fund-owned bank’s new credit card offerings are at the heart of its plans for continued growth in 2018-19.
Using PE nous to invest in public markets
There are elements of the private equity investment model that can be applied to investment styles in public markets, says Avenir Capital.
Insurance sector’s tough two weeks at royal commission
More than 300,000 possible crimes were revealed as executives from the nation’s largest insurers faced the inquiry.
REST owns up to 184 potential crimes
The super fund blames inadequate systems that were too reliant on hardcopy claim forms for inadvertent breaches of the SIS Act.
Gore still hopeful about climate change
Former US vice-president Al Gore told the PRI in Person conference that climate change poses an existential threat to the global economy and civilisation.
Photo Gallery: Absolute Returns Conference 2018
The Absolute Returns conference was held at The InterContinental, Double Bay, Sydney NSW on September 19-20, 2018
Define and conquer: fighting style drift
That which cannot be defined cannot be monitored. Two portfolio managers told delegates their philosophies on specifying style.
Look at Asia from the bottom up: CFSGAM
The best way to extract equity returns from Eastern markets is to ignore the noise and seek out high quality, CFSGAM’s Richard Jones said.
Unilever chief calls for new capitalism
Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever for the last decade, describes his day job as running the global consumer goods company. His full-time job is trying to create a different kind of global capitalism. In an inspirational speech to delegates at the PRI in Person in San Francisco, he announced the changes he said society … Read more
