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AFA can't give Trowbridge report "complete support"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... payouts," he continued. "That's the core of what this is about. ASIC report 413... did put insurance advice into the frame of poor public opinion. We had to take ownership and accountability for what came out, and the pleasing thing is that the industry ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Australian businesses are underperforming in use of digital technologies and could be missing out on a $34.5 billion opportunity, according to Accenture research. Australia ranks eight out of the 17 leading economies measured on the Accenture Digital ...

US bond investors fund Australian wind farm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015

Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The superannuation sector was one of the top performers in the latest rebalance of the Boardroom Diversity Index. Along with Sport, ASX100 companies and Cooperative Research Centres, Super was one of only four sectors to show gains of more than 5% in ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... insurance, meanwhile, was affected by "large amounts" of cover being provided without the requisite underwriting checks, poor data capture and management and a reliance on "anticipated future improvements in mortality experience". "The advent of questionable ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... jump a month before the completion of the Fed taper in October last year and a 35.7% surged three months before Standard & Poor's took away one-A from the US of A's AAA credit rating in August 2011. Yes Virginia, the US dollar has come a long way since ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... levels in 2015 thanks to regulatory certainty and an increasing demand for independent financial advice. "The shackles of poor investment markets and legislative uncertainty have been discarded and we will see a market that is open to innovation, mergers ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... was particularly weak, down nine cents, or 3.9 per cent, to $2.20 after news overnight that ratings agency Standards and Poor will review its $US2.5 billion ($A3.2 billion) debt refinancing program. BHP Billiton had lost 44 cents to $32.72 and Rio Tinto ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...