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Productivity Commission should focus on Choice underperformance: AIST

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia has said that the Productivity Commission Review of superannuation should focus on the underperformance of funds in the Choice sector. Specifically, Garcia recommended that the ...

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
This is the picture of Australia painted by the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The headline index fell to a reading of 97.13 in January from 97.17 in the previous month. This is the index's lowest level on record ...

Colonial First State partners with UTS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... research tools into the hands of practitioners. "The work Colonial First State is doing with our Advanced Analytics Institute puts that goal into action, ensuring that pioneering research is being applied to deliver real-world impact."

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... millennium. Proof? Masaaki Shirakawa published a discussion paper titled, "One Year Under 'Quantitative Easing'" for the BOJ's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (IMES) on April 2002, discussing the effectiveness of the BOJ's "quantitative easing" ...

Actuaries Institute asks for FSI to be implemented

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
The Actuaries Institute has called for the government to quickly implement policy proposals that will encourage innovation in retirement income stream products in its pre-Budget submission. The institute restated the proposals it made to the Financial ...

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... investigate matters of competency and compliance. It is also supported by and has access to the extensive resources of the CFA Institute globally. Acting council chair and president CFA Society Sydney, Anthony Serhan, said through the advocacy council ...

New TAL scheme offers discounts for healthy living

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... also embrace changes in the industry, TAL has partnered with executive performance coach at The Body-Brain Performance Institute, Paul Taylor, who will provide tools and insights for these discussions. Taylor is a former British Navy aircrew officer ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... more than 40 superannuation funds and identifies their exposure to the fossil fuel sector. In July 2015, The Climate Institute published a paper that said the fossil fuel divestment movement is growing at an unprecedented rate. "A distinct pattern is ...

Actuaries Institute appoints new president

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
The Actuaries Institute is aiming to increase its influence in Australia's data analytics industry, appointing a new president to oversee the profession's changing business environment. New president Lindsay Smartt said many actuaries were now nominating ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... are risk of disappearing in the next 20 years. The research is supported by a more recent note by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) focused on the insurance industry which predicted that up to 25% of full-time insurance positions will be consolidated ...