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Registrations for 2016 Chief Economists Forum open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Leading Australian economist Saul Eslake will be the master of ceremonies at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum taking place in February. The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist extends his association with the thought-leadership ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Many pension funds and insurance companies around the world are staring insolvency in the face unless they adopt measures that address an imbalance between assets and liabilities. This is the view of OECD director financial and enterprise affairs, and ...

AIRA calls for fast-tracked reporting season announcements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) wants the release to market of important financial results announcements and other price sensitive information to be fast tracked during profit reporting seasons. Under AIRA's proposal, a fast track ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
Rate cut/No rate cut. Well, 'twas a coin flip anyway - the rationales for a cut was equally rational as those for a no cut - so no blame all around. In the end, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to stay the course - keeping the official cash ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Macquarie and Commonwealth Bank are the only Australian companies to have made it into the top 100 largest fund managers globally, according to a survey by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Of the top 50 managers in the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers ...

Westpac profit boosted by BTIM sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Westpac increased net profit by 6% to $8 billion over FY2015, driven largely by its partial sale of BT Investment Management. In its full-year results, the bank reported "a number of significant infrequent items that in aggregate increased net profit" ...

Henderson completes acquisition of IOOF boutiques

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... funds have been re-branded from Perennial to Henderson and all mandates have been novated to Henderson. Separately, the 90 West Global Natural Resources Fund has been re-branded to Henderson and the 90 West investment team are now known as the Henderson ...

Westpac to refund unwanted insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
Westpac will refund premiums paid for insurance customers did not need following an ASIC review. Over 10,600 Westpac customers will receive notification from Westpac that they are eligible for refunds, the bank having charged them for loan protection ...

90 West founder steps down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
The founder of 90 West Asset Management, Clive Landale, has after more than seven years decided to step down from the business to return to his farming and agricultural interests. Landale founded 90 West in 2008, managing an absolute return fund which ...

Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... the fund's objective. "We probably haven't done a good enough job over the years making that distinction," Neal told the West Australian newspaper. The Future Fund was created in 2006 as a fiscal fund to build up a pool of capital to enable the Commonwealth ...