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PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
As the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) debate rages on, Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll looks back at its inception. Laura Millan A reports. At the beginning, the future of financial advice was in the hands of Bernie ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... annuities industry. We also speak to the Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll for our back page profile. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) app free from the App store, for ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has questioned the role of superannuation funds boosting funding for infrastructure investment, saying that it is not appropriate to mandate funds to invest in assets to meet "broader national objectives." In its ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
As Mike Chesworth celebrates his 35th anniversary at Westpac, the general manager of bank financial planning looks back at a remarkably varied career in Australia's oldest bank. James Fernyhough reports. Mike Chesworth is an endangered species: he has ...

Macquarie adds Government Bond Fund to SIV suite

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) has expanded its offering to wealthy migrants with the launch of the Macquarie Significant Investor Visa (SIV) Government Bond Fund. The Macquarie SIV Government Bond Fund invests into bonds issued by Australian ...

Instos lose chasing high hedge fund returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... executive and chief investment officer Joe Scoby said institutions should hold hedge funds to lower their overall volatility profile and shouldn't concern themselves with returns relative to the wider market. "Hedge funds are supposed to find alpha in ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... "perfect storm.A We also speak to Westpac's general manager of bank financial planning Mike Chesworth for our back page profile. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) app free from the App store, for a limited ...

Smaller funds don't need to merge: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... potentially better group insurance deals. In contrast to larger funds, which have a membership with a non-uniform risk profile, he said legalsuper has been able to retain a good deal on its group insurance. "Despite many super funds recently announcing ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The first quarter of 2014 has seen a marked drop in risk appetite among ordinarily high-risk investors, research from CoreData has shown. Only 19.1% of investors with high risk profiles said they were likely to invest in new equities or products in ...