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Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
With just two weeks to go before the Chief Economists Forum, independent economist and master of ceremonies for the breakfast event, Saul Eslake, has revealed what he expects to be the major talking points. The upcoming forum will take place in Melbourne ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
A former Mercer and van Eyk senior consultant has launched DiligenceVault, a new managed funds research platform in Australia. Hansi Mehrotra worked as a research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Financial services firms are paying some of Australia's highest tax bills as a percentage of their total income according to data released by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) yesterday. The measure highlighted that six financial services companies were ...

Magellan prepping ASX-quoted version of infra fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... of November it has outperformed its benchmark UBS Developed Infrastructure and Utilities Net Total Return Index (hedged to AUD) by 13.98%. Since inception in July 2007 it has delivered outperformance of 3.36% per annum versus the benchmark.

More CBA-aligned advisers under scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Client files of an additional 17 advisers at Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom (FWL) are to be reviewed for potential inclusion in a compensation program. This is the key finding in KordaMentha Forensic's second report on past ...

ASIC forms its views on MySuper dashboards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released research suggesting there is a more positive sentiment towards superannuation based on annual tests of the MySuper dashboard. ASIC has published results from its 2014 consumer ...

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... money has compressed returns offshore, while they remain higher here. Some investors are also attracted by the fall in the AUD. As a result, we expect 2016 will see increased momentum of foreign capital coming to Australia. This is good news for the ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an ...

AMP director retires, Wesfarmers director appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
AMP has announced that director and AMP Bank chair Paul Fegan will retire from his positions. In his stead, Wesfarmers non-executive director Vanessa Wallace will join the AMP board on March 1, 2016. Wallace has also held positions at Booz & Company ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...