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Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... competitiveness. "It's a very, very important integral part of our retention strategy," Elia said at the time. In a media release, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg called on Labor to support the Government's actions, with the legislation before the ...

QSuper hires head of employers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... on February 4. He reports to QSuper's chief of member experience Jason Murray. In his most recent role, Cordero was Media Super's general manager, growth for four years where he led a team of 16 business development managers and managed financial ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... to Future Fund chair Peter Costello. "What that shows is a point we have been making for some time," Costello said in a media call this morning. The Future Fund's portfolio is structured to take less risk and hence perform resiliently in market downturns ...

Ferrari restructures AMP wealth leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... wealth protection and mature operations in the interim as they transition on AMP Life ahead of its planned separation. In a media statement De Ferrari said Wade's leadership would ensure AMP's wealth business remained competitive, and thanked ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Say what? "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return to target is expected, although this progress is likely to be gradual. Taking account of ...

Institutions respond to Royal Commission, make commitments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... to change and accept that we will ultimately be measured by the actions we take." Westpac and ANZ both responded through media statements, with the former committing to engaging constructively in the reform process before the industry. "Westpac has already ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
"Our tightenings or loosenings of monetary policy are determined by the inflation outlook. If the economy wants to grow faster than it currently is, and inflation is not showing any tendency to rise to the point where it could threaten our medium-term ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... are cycling low bad debt charges and face higher regulatory capital, and higher funding and compliance costs," she told a media briefing recently. Figures from the Australian Shareholders' Association show retail investors highly favour the big four ...

TAL to offer FASEA masterclass

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... insurer added that 13 new "product-agnostic" courses had joined the Risk Academy in 2019, covering topics such as social media marketing, and practice management. TAL confirmed fees charged for Masterclasses in 2019 would again be donated to charity ...

State Super appoints CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... as head of risk allocation and risk, and was promoted to general manager of asset allocation. Prior to that, he worked at Media Super, first as a senior investment analyst and then as investment manager. State Super chief executive John Livanas said ...