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FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... encourage the development of financial planning as an academic discipline in its own right. Speaking about the grants, chair of the Grant Standing Committee of the FPEC, Sharon Taylor of the University of Western Sydney said: "Academic research in financial ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... partnership. Answering questions at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday, Sinodinos, who was chair of AWC at the time, said he did not believe the detail was relevant. Questioning the senator, Counsel Assisting Geoffrey Watson ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... heads' to provide an historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that the drop in the average age of management - though ...

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... campaign "provides a fair representation or conveys a misleading impression." Liberal Senator for South Australia and chair of the PJC David Fawcett talked about "calculations clearly by people who are supporting retail funds where they show that a retail ...

OneVue reshuffles board ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... role as chair, a position she has held since 2007. "Gail's career has spanned the globe, with current roles including chair of Onthehouse and SIRCA Technology, and non-executive director of Paypal Australia, Baycorp and QIC. In Gail's executive career ...

Professional planners don't accept commissions: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... do not accept commissions because the conflicts of interest commissions create cannot be managed, says Matthew Rowe, chair of the Financial Planning Association. "We don't believe that a commission should be payable on any form of investment or superannuation ...

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... security rules," she said. Cybersecurity awareness has grown as an issue following US senator Jay Rockefeller, who is chair of the Senate Commerce committee, writing to the SEC a year ago warning that "investors deserve to know whether companies are ...

CareSuper reshuffles board, appoints first female chair

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... agency TUTA. She is the current President of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the national chair of Women in Super. Michaelis joined the CareSuper Board in 2012 and has served as general counsel for two publicly listed companies. ...

State Super to combine with two NSW state funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... duplication of activities." The state government said legislation was not required to implement the decision. Former chair of State Super and current chair of Platinum Asset Management Michael Cole will oversee the amalgamation as an 'independent exp ...

CommInsure nabs exec from Swiss Re

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... markets. Troup has been a Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Board committee member and was recently appointed co-chair of the FSC's Group Risk Working Group.