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Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
ASIC and APRA both scored scathing assessments in the Productivity Commission's superannuation report. The regulators sharing responsibility for the oversight of Australia's finance system copped a grilling in the Commission's final report ...

Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
A consortium including several of Australia's largest superannuation funds will contest allegations from the ACCC that a 2013 purchase of two New South Wales ports breached competition law. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... particularly in Asia Pacific. She helped develop the firm's long-term growth strategy for China, and has been a key voice in our strategy for retirement, wealth, alternatives and sustainable investing. Geraldine has the business expertise we need ...

Read the whole thing: FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In his first address to the financial advice industry, FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield urged advisers and stakeholders to ensure they read the authority's draft legislation in its entirety to avoid further confusion. Addressing the 2018 FPA ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... that's publicly available information," DBS chief innovation officer Neal Cross says. Biometrics, spatial recognition and voice will soon replace these IDs as forms of verification. For example, Ant Financial already employs identification technologists ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As more superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the ...

Governance specialist names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... members and customers, enhancing their capacity as governance professionals, and to build on our position as the leading voice on governance in Australia," she said. Baillie added Meegan George did a tremendous job as acting chief executive since September ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... the 2.5% jump in the index last Friday. This is to be expected given that China's "president for life" has added his voice, promising unwavering support for China's non-state firms, to the vice-premier, and Chinese institutions - People's ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
The listed investment company, with about $5.5 billion in funds under management, condemned Labor's franking credit policy at its annual general meeting. Holding its AGM this morning, Argo Investments said Labor's policy to remove refundable franking ...