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UK annuities policy dubbed 'political schizophrenia'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
The chief executive of a British pension fund industry body has dubbed the UK government's decision to scrap compulsory annuitisation as 'political schizophrenia'. The comments came on the same day the Financial System Inquiry floated the possibility ...

Giant NSW fund names investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
State Super's Mark O'Brien has been appointed the general manager of investments of three amalgamated New South Wales state funds. The amalgamation of Safety, Return to Work and Support Division (SRWSD), SAS Trustee Corporation (STC) and NSW Treasury ...

SMSFs get off lightly in FSI interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds look unlikely to face any major regulatory overhauls as a result of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), recommendations made in the interim report suggest. The FSI interim report dedicated a short section to SMSFs ...

FSI questions viability of franking credits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The viability of Australia's imputation (or 'franking') credits system has been singled out for review in the Financial System Inquiry's interim report. The report acknowledged that the franking credit system, which refunds corporation tax to low or ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
An organiser for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has admitted to ringing up Cbus members posing as an employee of Cbus. Appearing at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption this morning, CFMEU organiser ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
In its interim report released today the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) has suggested that the vertically integrated structures may be reducing the quality of financial advice that consumers receive. The FSI has asked stakeholders to consider different ...

BetaShares appoints AFR columnist as chief economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares has appointed economics commentator David Bassanese to the newly-created role of chief economist. Bassanese spent several years in the financial markets as a senior economist and interest rate strategist ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Platinum Asset Management Limited and Iress Limited are among just four ASX 200 companies that have failed to report on sustainability risk for the last four years, according to a study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Super funds should not be shy of demanding full holdings disclosure from alternatives managers in order to meet reporting standards, HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. Sicilia said that if the managers refuse to provide the information ...

Brogden leaves FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
John Brogden will step down as chief executive of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at the end of the year, FSC chairman Greg Cooper has announced. Brogden leaves the role to take up a position as chief executive of the Australian Institute of Company ...