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Future Fund keeps powder dry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... prospective returns on risk at a lower level than in the immediate past years. We are also conscious that monetary authorities, having stimulated so much, have less flexibility now to respond to future weakness," Future Fund chair Peter Costello said. ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... referred to the SEC, so you can't fully see all the great work they do, because a lot of it is being referred to other authorities. But absolutely no one would debate that it has greater resources because they're on a different funding model." The other ...

Turnbull highlights ASIC resources boost in Parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... in our communities, we see things that happen that we prefer would not happen. That is why we have law enforcement authorities. But that does not mean you have a royal commission every time there is a break-and-enter. What you do is ensure the police ...

Super funds promote affordable housing ideas

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... social housing will be transferred to Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and state and territory government housing authorities." Christian Super has put forward both a Path to Ownership and Path to Full Rent model that would offer government tax offsets ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... distinction between "privacy" and "secrecy," drawing a line between the exchange of information from "bona fide government authorities for relevant tax matters" and "sharing financial information with anyone else, such as your competitors." "I am confident ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... with senior colleagues in Tokyo and across the firm. He will also liaise with Japanese governmental and regulatory authorities as well as industry associations. Honda joins from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities, where he has spent a decade ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... sponsors of DB super schemes. Vision Super administers three DB schemes that cover more than 100 local councils, water authorities, cemeteries, Parks Victoria and other community-based institutions. The schemes have more than 10,000 members. Vision Super ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... it is a difficult experience," he said, adding that though official GDP of 6-7% growth is probably massaged by the authorities, there's enough to be optimistic about, even if investment growth in the economy is negative. "Our view is that the Chinese ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... should be cause for concern for fund members and an area ripe for disclosure reforms by law makers and regulatory authorities," Whiteley said. "Fees are being generated a number of ways by the vertically-integrated wealth management arms of the banks ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... the BlackRock Investment Institute. However, Chinese mainland shares have experienced sharp falls that have led the authorities to intervene in the stock market. To Watt, those willing to invest in China need to remember that "the A-share market is not ...