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Bell AM appoints strategy and distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... boutique investment manager services to institutional investors. Before that he worked as global head of distribution for Treasury Group. He has more than 25 years in the financial services industry working with both boutique asset management firms and ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... continue to be used). It made additional recommendations in relation to superannuation tax concessions, including that Treasury model their long term costs and benefits." The Government is yet to formally respond but given recent comments by Treasurer ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... super fund boards. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser to lead the development of a best practice governance code of conduct for not-for-profit superannuation ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... are seeing an increasing need for hedge funds to dedicate individuals to manage their counterparty risk, collateral and treasury." Hedge fund managers are also beginning to explore non-traditional financing sources, outside of prime brokers with 13% ...

Governance bill loses Senators' support

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... later this week. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser to lead the development of a best practice governance code of conduct for not-for-profit superannuation ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... representative governance model for super fund boards had attracted a lot of criticism and it was a "big concern" to him. He said Treasury told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that the equal representation model had lost its utility and was ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Morrison is considering using replacement rates where income would be given as a proportion of pre-retirement earnings. "Treasury modeling indicates that a medium income earner - that is someone earning $52,000 a year - would achieve a net replacement ...

Super lifetime cap could increase budget costs: Budget Office

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... light of the growing number of voices advocating for a lifetime cap on voluntary contributions, as well as reports that Treasury is considering the measure. PBO research found that placing a lifetime cap of $500,000 on voluntary, non-concessional super ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction. This policy, by keeping the Committee's holdings of longer-term securities at sizable levels, should ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... your portfolio, but you should do it in a measured way." Trustees are already aware that the latest white papers by the Treasury contemplate a worse outlook for the Australian economy and deteriorated terms of trade. Investors would do well to diversify ...