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Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... McDonald. The head of strategy and research for Australia told journalists at an investment outlook briefing in Sydney yesterday morning that new research from academics at the London Business School has added to fears that wealth managers must expect ...

Manual corporate actions processing costly: DST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Geoff Harries, global head of asset servicing, DST Global Solutions at a Corporate Actions industry event held in Sydney yesterday. Despite the large value of transactions involved in the custodianship of Australian investors' $1.82 trillion of assets ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... offered to members is appropriate. Speaking at the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney yesterday, Darren Wickham of TAL Group Life told delegates the new Prudential Standard is an opportunity to revisit the level and types ...

Sometimes, directors just need to say 'no'

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... she said, speaking at a session on fund governance at the Certified Investment Management Analyst conference in Sydney yesterday. In 2011 Ralph was appointed as the first independent chairman of the companies within BT which are responsible for the management ...

Consumers clueless on retirement: Bateman

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... Actuarial Studies) shared with delegates attending the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) conference in Sydney yesterday. Based on her research into retirement income and spending, Bateman advised delegates that Australians' low financial ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national road show in Sydney yesterday, Nick Coates, senior manager at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), outlined the regulator's top ...

Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... director. Higgins was speaking at the fourth installment of Financial Standard's Technical Services Forum in Sydney yesterday. With insights from some of the top technical minds working in the industry, the Forum looked at some of the benefits of insurance ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... anyway...will that be a requirement? Also, what will ASIC's interpretation be?" queried Barrett at a media briefing in Sydney yesterday. "If ASIC has a view that meeting a professional code of conduct should include some form of opt-in, what relief from ...

Debt crisis has 15 yr shelf life

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Partners' chief investment strategist Dr Jamil Baz. The hedge fund manager told the van Eyk annual conference in Sydney yesterday that earnings forecasts are far too high and as a result, global equities are not cheap. "Profits are heading only one way ...

Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... University of Technology Sydney. Speaking at an Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) seminar in Sydney yesterday, Susan Thorp, professor in finance and superannuation, delivered findings from an experiment conducted on how consumers understand ...