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Magellan insists huge growth won't hamper returns

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... increase in underlying profit in the last 12 months. At the company's recent annual general meeting (AGM), new Magellan chairman Brett Cairns attributed the growth in the business to the ability to continue delivering impressive investment returns while ...

Insurers now in full recovery mode

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... to operate at a far lower return on capital than traditional insurers and reinsurers have been used to. Steve Nevett, chairman, Pacific Region at Aon Risk Solutions, said this is positive news for the insurance industry spells positive news for Australasian ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell has the retail insurance sectors in his sights, announcing that the regulator will conduct major surveillance of the sector. Kell said ASIC is in the process of gathering ...

Read the rules, says ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell reassured advisers at the AFA conference that the FoFA best interest duty is not as strict as people think. He reminded them to read the regulatory guidance before jumping to conclusions. "We're just over three months ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... surprise. Not exactly the ideal deal outcome but 'twas good enough for Wall Street. Good because it would allow incoming Fed chairman Janet Yellen time to warm her seat before again contemplating the when and the how much of tapering. But this is if ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... price index futures contract was up 71 points at 5,204. No major economic news is expected on Friday. Meanwhile, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch, in Sydney. In equities news, the ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... and Victorian branch of the Australian Workers Union and the NSW branch of the Electrical Trades Union. Chifley Super chairman John Byrne told Financial Standard that the regulatory and compliance burden had grown too exorbitant for the $400 million ...

AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... diverse interests of a large membership body like the ICAA in the media equips him well for the leadership role," AVCAL chairman John White said. "His professional background in tax and policy gives him a head-start on some of the key policy issues facing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Mr Radford said confirmation US President Barack Obama would nominate Janet Yellen to replace outgoing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may also help stem the losses on Wednesday. The losses were spread across the market in early trade. Global miner ...

BTIM announces replacement for retiring chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
James Evans will replace BT Investment Management Limited (BTIM) Brian Scullin as chairman when he retires on 6 December after six years in the role. Evans joined the BTIM Board as a non-executive director in 2010 and is the current chairman of the ...