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NGS Super adds three new directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... senior management positions in the VET sector and higher education. He is also a member of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Board, and until recently a member of the Education and Early Childhood Services Registration and ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Advisers in the US are recommending products to clients based on inadequate risk profiling assessments, according to research from Cerulli Associates. The result is that clients are being put into investment and risk products that don't suit their risk ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... and price stability, and we will certainly want to see whether the appreciation is sustained and will alter our risk assessment as far as price stability is concerned." Which he expounded on at his press conference: "The exchange rate is not a policy ...

CheckRisk opens in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... expand their own expertise to stay in control of their funds, and one way to do this is through an independant risk assessment of their portfolio. Denis Carroll, chief executive of CheckRisk in Australia, a UK investment risk specialist consulting group ...

Former mortgage broker convicted

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... the consumer and only proceed if the credit product is not unsuitable, and then provide the consumer a copy of the assessment if requested. The new national consumer credit protection legislation deems a contract unsuitable if the consumer would be unable ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... any significant level of default and it appears likely - if existing lending policies are maintained - that APRA's assessment of 'potentially higher loss profile' will not become a reality," he said. "However, there is a need to ensure that SMSF trustees ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... the US. We've seen this too. Remember August 2011? On the fifth of that month, Standard & Poor's published its latest assessment of America. The title is enough: "United States of America Long-Term Rating Lowered To 'AA+' Due To Political Risks, Rising ...

Actuaries Institute gives guidance on FCRs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... co-authors of the new professional guidance added: "FCRs are widely used in the insurance industry and provide an objective assessment of the key risks faced by the entity as well as an assessment of financial strength. FCRs also involve modeling the ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Qantas Super will change how it manages equities with an after-tax reporting system for managers developed with Seattle-based firm Parametric. Chief investment officer Andrew Spence said the new system was the latest step in a range of solutions aimed ...

EQT equity fund highly rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Equity Trustees Limited's (EQT) Australian equities fund has been given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. This was the first time the EQT Wholesale Flagship Fund had been rated by the research house. In its report Lonsec made particular reference to ...