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A-REIT added to Asgard platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... focusing on a top down/bottom-up process. Securities are selected on a concentrated portfolio basis built on individual merit and not benchmark weights. Portfolio manager Winston Sammut said: "The addition reflects growing interest in, and support for ...

Default super system splits industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... eight million workers do not choose their own super fund and rely on their employer's default fund. ISA supports the current merit based process administered through the Fair Work Commission. ISA will urge the Productivity Commission to expand the compulsory ...

Sentry Group slams LICG's "opportunistic attack"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Sentry Group chief executive and chair Murray Hills has criticised the Life Insurance Consumer Group's "attack" on the Association of Financial Advisers in an open letter. Directed to the financial services industry, the letter admitted that Sentry ...

Millennials face gender inequality shock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... you're in," Birchall said. For Beattie, blanket policies such as flexible working hours or unconscious bias training do have merit but fail to have an impact on the key decision makers within the business and lead to a disconnect between the programs ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
The federal government has released the terms of reference for the independent review into the financial system's external dispute resolution and complaints framework. The independent expert panel consisting of Professor Ian Ramsay (chair), Julie Abramson ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... system, however, assessing efficiency requires consideration of a broader range of factors. The Commission says it sees merit in conducting its own survey of fund members, including SMSF members, as part of the future review. It says this would provide ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... superannuation funds in modern awards. The Commission found the arrangements could be improved to ensure selection was based on merit rather than precedent, and to encourage improved performance through competition. Whether this has occurred has come ...

Diversity isn't going to a Chinese restaurant: PwC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Diversity in corporate governance means more than the board of directors going to a Chinese restaurant now and then, according to PwC partner Ken Woo. Speaking on a diversity panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Woo acknowledged a natural ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. ...

OneVue announces $177m merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... administration business." OneVue chair Gail Pemberton added: "The combination of OneVue and Diversa has compelling strategic merit and is a highly complementary transaction which will provide benefits to shareholders, employees and customers, including ...