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Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Federal Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, said Labor will soon announce its priorities for retirement incomes so voters know where they stand heading in to this year's election. The announcement will come on top ...

Emslie departs AIST board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) will have a new president from April following the resignation of Angela Emslie yesterday. Emslie has served on the board of AIST and the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, for a joint ...

PC releases Efficiency and Competition Review issues paper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper outlining how it will be approaching its latest efficiency and competition review of the superannuation system. The review was commissioned by Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier this year as part ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... expectations and the strengthening NZ dollar. While the kiwi has depreciated by around 18.9% vis-A -vis the greenback between April (US$0.7717) and September 2015 (US$0.6259) - a function of the series of rate reductions (started in June last year) that ...

Narev apologetic in face of CommInsure allegations

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has issued a statement of apology in the face of fresh allegations of unethical conduct within the financial services giant, this time within its insurance arm. A joint Four Corners and Fairfax investigation ...

IOOF boosts interim profit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
IOOF has announced its interim results for 2016, demonstrating an underlying net profit boost of 18% to $95.4 million. IOOF's statement cited some of the drivers of this as being the successful integration of Shadforth, which resulted in $11 million ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
A revival of industry fund outperformance could play a major role in ongoing policy debate that is splitting the superannuation industry into two distinct factions. New research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker ...

Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Combined Insurance has announced it will cease writing new Australian business on April 22. The insurer said that the decision will not impact existing policies and followed a "detailed review of the company's business operations and growth prospects." ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
The Japanese economy shrinks, the Japanese sharemarket sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even ...

Midwinter expands with new distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Sydney-based financial planning technology provider Midwinter has appointed a new head of distribution. Helen Thom, who was initially hired as a Senior Business Development Manager back in April 2015, has been appointed internally to lead the distribution ...