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APRA to take transparent approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
APRA's new approach to governance, culture, remuneration and accountability will see the prudential regulator focus on strengthening, sharpening and sharing. The regulator today released an information paper on its "more intensive" regulatory approach ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
APRA is embarking on a multi-year project to improve the quality of its superannuation data collection that will pave the way for the proper comparison of super products, with choice super set to come under increased scrutiny. Known as APRA's Superannuation ...

New FPA board members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... Association of Australia has appointed several new board members as a result of recent elections. Alison Henderson and David Sharpe will commence their second term on the FPA board, while William Johns joins the board for the first time. Johns is a long-standing ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... World Index. It's shares component has a lower standard deviation (volatility) than the MSCI World Index but a lower sharpe ratio than it. In the past the problem has been explaining the product to superannuation funds, where equity heads and fixed ...

No pain, no gain: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
As APRA raises the bar for the superannuation sector, trustees are readying themselves for discomfort. But the prudential regulator believes the pain is necessary for improving member outcomes. Addressing the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Culture change must not be a fad: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
APRA chair Wayne Byres told Australia's banking lobby that changes to the sector's culture cannot disappear once the spotlight moves away. Speaking at the Australian Banking Association's national economic series in Sydney on Wednesday, Byres said APRA's ...

Secrets to selling revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Standards International founder Michelle Hoskin gives her tips for successfully selling a financial advice business. Appearing at the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, Hoskin revealed that businesses she had coached were worth ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
The strong US non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by 224,000 in June, beating expectations for a 160,000 gain and a sharp rebound from the 72,000 added in the previous month - failed to remove or even reduce the odds for a Fed rate cut this month. ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
There's no question about it, for sure and for certain the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide ...

Best-performing funds with least risk

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... deviation or downside deviation (measure of the volatility of returns that fall below a return target). The other three were Sharpe ratio (a popular return per unit of risk measure), Omega ratio (probability-weighted ratio of gains over losses for a ...