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Board changes at Crestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... bringing the total of number of non-executive directors to four. McGregor also sits on Seven West Media's audit and risk committee, and has served on the board of law firm Freehills and Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance companies. Chief ...

ASIC chair nominee withdraws candidacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... investment banking department in 2008. He joined from CBA, where he was general counsel and a member of the bank's executive committee. Prior to that, he was a partner at Freehills. ASIC was contacted for comment and said it was matter for Government ...

Long-standing AFA member and mentor honoured

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
An international hockey commentator has been honoured with this year's Michael Murphy Award at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference. Celebrating his 40th year of AFA membership at the association's 40th annual conference ...

APRA pushes for greater control over super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... superannuation governance, transparency and member outcomes. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee aiming to address weaknesses in the superannuation regulatory framework that increasing APRA's power and control ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... to the Superannuation Laws Amendment (Strengthening Trustee Arrangements) Bill 2017 sitting before a Senate economics committee, AIST said there is no evidence that the current system is failing members or that the proposed model would improve member ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Check out this blog to get an hourly update on the latest announcements, session highlights and social media commentary live at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. 10.30pm - AFA caps its annual conference with an awards gala ceremony for the 2017 ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... and followed the RBI's 25 basis point reductions in the repo and reverse repo rates at its 2 August monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting. Not surprisingly, the RBI admitted that the introduction of the GST in July have had a negative impact on economic ...

Former TCorp executives join FIIG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... Management, Perpetual Equities Investment Company and Hunter Water. Feldmanis will chair the audit, risk and compliance committee while Knight will join the audit, risk and compliance committee and the nominations and remuneration committee. FIIG Securities ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... not it would be passed by Congress - given its negative impact on the US Budget deficit. Reuters reports that: "The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington-based policy group, estimated on Wednesday the plan contained about $5.8 trillion ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... the financial services industry to reflect the accountability of each sector. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees will argue that the funding model for the authority, which ...