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Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Ambiguity around the Future Fund and whether it's a fund for public servants' super or a genuine Australian sovereign wealth fund continues to challenge the fund's leadership. Speaking in Perth yesterday, Future Fund managing director David Neal believes ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... products for retirees. "While these measures are not yet enacted or indeed spelt out in significant detail, there is now a framework in place to correct what needs to be fixed and to improve what needs to work better," Pearson said. She said the Actuaries ...

Standing up for risk advisers

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers remained a part of the Life Insurance Framework discussions to avoid a "lottery" in the Senate, according to chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking at the AFA 2015 National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Fox discussed ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... has a number of systemic features which represent potential vulnerabilities. "Australia's financial sector regulatory framework needs to be stronger than those of comparable economies." Key measures: By mid-2016: Ensure financial regulators have the ...

FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... risk protection," Walsh said. "We believe two years is an achievable timeline to establish the legislative and industry framework to implement this important proposal." Challenger chief executive Brian Benari said CIPRs will help people manage complex ...

Government to lift advice standards by law

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... government will introduce the legislation by mid-2016 and conduct a statutory review in 2019 to consider if the new framework has raised the professional standards of advisers. The response's approach to life insurance is different to that recommended ...

Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... as its custodian in August. At the time McNally said the appointment "would underpin a robust investment governance framework." Towers Watson is a global professional services company that helps organisations improve performance through people, risk ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Institute in June : "We applaud these proposals, as they allow for an orderly transition to a much more effective governance framework," policy director Judith Fox said. The Institute expressed then "a strong show of support for reforms to improve superannuation ...

CBA publicly welcomes former staff bans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
The Commonwealth Bank has publicly welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) decision to ban former CFPL financial planners, Sharnie Kent and Stuart Jamieson. In a press release issued by the bank it said it reported concerns ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... population with escalating pension, health and aged-care expenditure. Governments will face challenges in setting a tax framework policy that will help accommodate the costs of supporting older generations throughout their retirement years. "An informed ...