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FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
The FSC awarded eight top executives for their contributions to the industry at the conference gala dinner, which took place last night at Movie World, on the Gold Coast. The eight winners were Perpetual senior risk manager Alan Lewitton, AMP's Janet ...

Standard Life expands Asia investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Standard Life Investments has appointed two multi-asset investment directors. Based in Hong Kong, Jason Yu (previously an investment director at Wellington Management Company) and Dongyue Zhang (previously a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... knowledgeable observers, APRA noted there appeared "to be a greater acceptance of the regulatory framework and APRA's activities, except from smaller institutions and mutuals, countered by universally low ratings for the cost of compliance." "Clearly ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... improving so go ahead Fed, make our day For the life of me, I really couldn't find anything fresh in the Fed statement... except for a few tweaks, here... and there. Aha! But it's the tweaks in semantics that people are talkin' 'bout. "That language ...

Market lower at noon

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The share market has rebounded from its early losses as gains by retailers, health companies and financials offset weakness among miners. Lower commodity prices have caused a resources sector sell-off, with BHP Billiton down 69 cents at $25.58, Rio ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... still little improvement in US labour market conditions. The index slowed to a reading of 0.8 in June from 0.9 in May. Except for the negative readings in March and April, this is the lowest reading since July 2012. This perhaps is why financial markets ...

CFOs more optimistic in second quarter

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
A momentum shift away from the perceived uncertainty about the federal budget, China and Australia's search for new growth is influencing more positive levels of business confidence. This is one of main findings from Deloitte's second quarter chief ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline on the ever-spinning Greek debt saga. Financial markets - well, except for those not labelled Greece anyways -- don't seem to be perturbed though. And just as I typed on this space a few days ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... its current form." But can't blame him, he looks around inside his backyard and sees that everything's getting better. Except for low inflation - headline CPI eased back to zero in June from 0.1% in May; the core rate dipped to 0.8% from 0.9% -- the ...

FPA announces CFP award winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its third Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Apt Wealth Partners head of advice and director John Moran received the award - named after the financial planning pioneer - for ...