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WA Super appoints Shanahan as chair

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
WA Super has appointed Tim Shanahan as the successor of the current chairman, Nick Catania, who will step down at the end of June this year. Shanahan has been chairman of the board's Compliance and Risk Management Committee since 2004. Shanahan has ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released numbers that are closest to everyone's hearts (errr, pockets) but you won't know it gauging from the financial markets' reaction. Australian equities rose a bit (plus 0.3% on the ASX 200) ...

Challenger launches new smart beta boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Challenger has launched a new boutique fund manager within its Fidante Partners managed fund business. The new fund manager, Tempo Asset Management, was revealed by Challenger chief executive Brian Benari at the group's half-year result announcement. ...

FSC acclaims free trade agreement with Korea

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) will provide significant opportunities for the export of financial services, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). The industry body was responding to details of the agreement released this ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
"Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day." - Mary Hopkin The days of Japan 2013, that is. Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of 2013 when all bets on Japan paid off oh so sweetly. The Nikkei-225 index ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Young Australians appear to be engaged with the importance of insurance, as new research reveals that with 48% of GenYs do not use outside influences when making a decision about their life insurance policy. A TAL survey found that 39% of Australians ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Actuaries Institute has called for profound change to the regulation of the retirement phase of superannuation, including changing the rules around lumps sum withdrawals and removing impediments to older people who want to continue working. In its ...

Lawyer questions legality of FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms could be deemed legally "invalid" and "susceptible to challenge in the courts" if they are pushed through via regulatory change rather than legislation, law firm Arnold ...

CommInsure appoints head of investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Former head of investments at Suncorp has been appointed head of investment strategy at CommInsure. Craig Lamb started his new role in December 2013 and is responsible for developing, implementing and reporting on Commonwealth Bank's insurance business ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Matrix Financial Solutions will be focusing on strategies to attract advisers from aligned dealer groups after the resignation of its managing director Rick Di Cristoforo. "There are opportunities now that didn't exist five years ago, and this will ...