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RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... officials with deep links to the Labor Party." Meanwhile, others applauded the decision. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said it's been critical of the RBA and its board for its lack of understanding about wage growth and its narrow ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

APRA consults on approach to combining product histories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
APRA is consulting on the need for it to make individual determinations for lifecycle MySuper products for which performance histories are required to be combined for the YFYS test. Currently, the performance test involves two situations where performance ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Search funds, an investment strategy that sprung from the hallways of two Ivy league universities in the US, have reached Australia, grabbing the attention of investors drawn to the new business model and returns in excess of 30%. Developed by universities ...

DASH adds to leadership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
Financial planning tech firm DASH has added a chief operating officer and an experienced superannuation specialist, recruiting ANZ's head of wealth customer resolution and the executive general manager of Equity Trustees' super trustee office. Following ...

Princeton endowment fund chief to retire

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO) president Andrew Golden has announced his retirement after close to three decades in the top job, during which the university's endowment has grown tenfold. Since joining in 1995, Golden has contributed ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the best possible response to global economic uncertainty is responsible economic management and that will be displayed in the May federal budget. Speaking in Washington DC at the G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' ...

Long pause likely from RBA: Economist

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) pause on interest rate hikes will likely linger, according to HSBC chief economist Australia and New Zealand Paul Bloxham. In a recent Financial Standard podcast, Bloxham said despite inflation still being high ...

Investor education combats emotions: Experts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
Superannuation funds must prioritise members financial interests, guiding emotionally driven investors towards apt solutions for investment success. Brighter Super head of advice Steven O'Donoghue says that members can be driven by emotions in their ...

APRA investigates NobleOak capital adequacy breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
The prudential regulator is taking action against NobleOak Life for breaching its capital adequacy obligations. APRA said this morning that it will investigate the ASX-listed company's compliance process that led to breaches of capital adequacy requirements ...