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
FAANGs no longer the ‘good guys’
Political shifts in the US and regulatory changes in Europe have made the US tech sector’s giants less of a sure bet.
Funds prepare to review lifecycle products
QSuper is planning the next iteration of its lifecycle superannuation product with a long-term view to include gender first time.
Funds SA reviews 18-year custody arrangement
Funds SA has invited seven firms to tender for its custody and investment administration services business, on the back of swelling FUM.
Life insurance after the horror stories
The industry will need to do better job of showing people why they need insurance post Hayne inquiry writes Andrew Main.
In e-commerce, China’s leads and the West follows: Perpetual
People in Asia and economies have embraced activities such as online commerce and live streaming far more than in the US, portfolio manager
