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Industry fund strengthens board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... following an APRA probe into its governance. At the time, then chair Bruce Miller said the board had come to realise independence was critical to the fund's chances of future success. "As a board, we recognise that having a strong, diverse board with ...

Ord Minnett chief resigns

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... announced the resignation in an internal memo to staff. "After 10 years as chief executive of Ords and the transition to independence now finalised, Gunning has decided to move on," Morris said. Gunning finishes up at the wealth giant on December 31. ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... unpopular with industry or might be unpopular with government or different decision makers, it needs a degree of independence in its funding structure, so that it can give a purely consumer view, and a purely consumer voice to the reforms that it wants ...

Many benefits to going your own way: CMC Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... institutions following the Royal Commissions. He highlighted three key benefits that are driving the trend towards independence. One of those is increased revenue - Shade said a typical CMC partner who is an indirect participant, not aligned with a major ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... another, after it found the auditors to be deficient across a range of their responsibilities, including meeting independence and auditing standards. Alan Bentwitch of New South Wales was disqualified for failing to have peer reviews of three of his ...

AFCA delivers $185m in compensation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... complaint to AFCA," AFCA chief executive and chief ombudsman David Locke said. "We take our commitment to fairness and independence very seriously, and where possible we encourage the financial firm and complainant to resolve the matter among themselves. ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... ourselves from long-lasting shifts in global interest rates." "Our floating exchange rate gives us a degree of monetary independence, but we can't ignore structural shifts in global interest rates. If we did seek to ignore these shifts, our exchange ...

What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... asset consultant's depth of manager/product research (up from 17.8% to 26.8%), coverage (up from 7% to 12.5%) and independence (5.4% to 7.1%). Meanwhile respondents gave less weight to an asset consultant's quality of personnel (down from 42.6% to 33.9%) ...

Chief economist update: RBA cuts official cash rate to 0.75%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... ourselves from long-lasting shifts in global interest rates. Our floating exchange rate gives us a degree of monetary independence, but we can't ignore structural shifts in global interest rates," he said. "If we did seek to ignore these shifts ...

APRA considers appeal in IOOF case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... launched. "The new license conditions have enhanced IOOF's organisations structure and governance, including the role and independence of the trustee board within the IOOF Group," Rowell said. "APRA has seen significant improvement in the level of cooperation ...