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Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... to $1 million as a requirement." Casali said the private equity market had also been buoyant but it was difficult to determine the forward trend. "The environment for fundraising private equity funds has improved. We've seen a number of large funds growing ...

Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
The Government has released exposure draft legislation for raising the professional standards for financial advisers. The draft legislation stipulates that new advisers will require a degree, a professional year of training and pass an exam. Current ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... definition of independence and the power that may be provided to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to determine independence. "We believe that a better approach would be a definition that is principle-based and which allows trustees ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... itself under more pressure to manage the yuan as central banks in most developed economies do: by letting market forces determine their prices. What would happen if China really did give the market the last word on the yuan? For some time it has been ...

PROFILE: NAB Financial Planning general manager Paul Fog

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... when we have a Garvan or Apogee or Godfrey Pembroke, where are a lot of those decisions are upon the individuals to determine branding and customer experience." He adds that NAB's recent $300 million injection into its wealth arm will accelerate this ...

Investment under microscope at ASFA conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... neoclassical economics and modern portfolio theory and as such there is an under-emphasis on risk, and it is difficult to determine its long-term nature. "A broader range of ESG risks warrant long-term attention by investors and climate crisis' deserves ...

ANZ pays $13m to saver customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... entitled to bonus interest payments; according to a statement by ASIC, ANZ "misaligned the monthly cycle it applied to determine whether a PSA holder was eligible for [these payments]." Due to the misalignment, some PSA holders made qualifying deposits ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
An executive manager of wealth management at Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is the winner of this year's Financial Services Council/Deloitte Future Leader award. Laura Bielinko was awarded for her creative approach to retirement income, which included a proposal ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... Peake, chief executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this week there is a mathematical formula to determine the performance of individual staff. This formula factors in the employee's accuracy of role perception (ARP), abilities ...

Bowen draws red line on default fund choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
The Labor Party is ready to support most of the government's proposed measures outlined in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) response, but changes to default fund choice are a red line. "There has to be a filter to protect the interests of those who ...