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Cbus reveals executive pay

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... executive Craig Dunn earned $2.56 million in 2013, while former MLC chief executive Steve Tucker earned $2.77 million. A recent study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, meanwhile, showed that the average chief executive of an ASX ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... technical actuarial element." She soon decided to strengthen her business profile and took some time off work in 2002 to study a masters in business administration (MBA) at the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM). Her next role was at Zurich ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... deliver stronger returns whilst managing risk for our members." According to Rainmaker's just released 2014 super fund fee study, First State Super's MySuper products have Total Expense Ratios of 0.66% placing them well inside the top 10 for lowest cost ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... legal headwinds will be substantial in the trading business in the coming 2-3 years". To reinforce this CAM cited a McKinsey study that predicts "a 4% hit on ROE on capital markets and investment banking divisions in the top 13 players over the coming ...

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... developed world based on 'house price-to-income' measure and the fifth highest on a 'house price-to-rent' basis. A similar study by the OECD (released in May) found Australian property prices the fifth most expensive among OECD countries and that, at ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... used the results to create a claims experience benchmark against which super funds can measure their own experience. The study covered the five years from 2007 to 2011. During that period the number of claims in all three categories - suicide, TPD and ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Cbus and the New Zealand Super Fund have joined a number of international investors backing Mercer's new study of the investment risks and returns under climate change scenarios. Mercer said the study would be "framed by several plausible climate scenarios ...

CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... overall pay shows fears that they would result in increased pay were unfounded. ACSI chief executive Gordon Hagart said the study findings showed the benefit of investor scrutiny: "When investors behave like owners, and make it clear to boards their ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... lifting the current minimum standards. However, they have failed to assess "other critical elements such as the duration of study for a specialist knowledge area." The organisations note that ASIC aims to "provide a guide for comparative purposes only." ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... for financial advisers with those for chartered accountants, lawyers and doctors, all of which require several years of study. Financial advisers meanwhile it said could qualify "in as little as three days." Consumer activist group CHOICE also submitted ...