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CSC names new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... director at IDP Education; a member of the investment committee and development board at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; and a member of the community advisory committee at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Barker will replace the outgoing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... Australian consumer sentiment Although marginal and less than market expectations, the 0.3% increase in the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment to 101.4 in September from 101.0 in the previous month indicates that optimists continue ...

Climate risk underappreciated: BlackRock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... All investors should incorporate climate change awareness into their portfolios, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII), who believes climate factors have been underappreciated and underpriced. In a new Global Insights Report titled "Adapting ...

Government releases draft super reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... (LISTO), which prevents low-income earners from paying more tax on super contributions than their take-home pay. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia welcomed the changes, noting that the LISTO "will boost the super ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... well as provide further information on buy/sell spreads that often apply in addition to other fees and costs. Actuaries Institute superannuation practice committee convenor, Andrew Boal, says from a compliance perspective super funds are on track to ...

Super investment poorly communicated

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia believes the super industry has done "an extraordinarily bad job" of communicating its investment story to wider Australia. Opening the 2016 Australian Superannuation Investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... index While most of this week's US data releases provided a "case for an increase in the federal funds rate", the latest Institute of Supply Management (ISM) survey of the manufacturing sector does not. The ISM manufacturing index dropped to a reading ...

Future Generation marks first year with strong performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... will also make its first donation of $2.42 million to a range of partnered charities, including beyondblue, Black Dog Institute, Reach Out Australia and headspace.

Capital not enough to prevent failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... Byres who said the industry must accept and prepare for failures in the banking industry. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute Banking Conference Byres noted that while a steady accumulation of capital was sensible for Australian authorised deposit taking ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
A NAB executive played down fears of a housing crisis in Australia at an Actuaries Institute seminar. Speaking at the seminar in Sydney, NAB's global head of research for the global markets division Peter Jolly said that while Australian real estate ...