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FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... first-round submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Also known as the Murray Inquiry it is the first look into the country's financial services industry in 16 years and has already shone a light onto the competing interests of sector participants ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... superannuation tax concession is too generous towards the wealthy and should be scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax concessions on ...

APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... opportunity to develop a common set of regulations. Once operational, the Passport will permit investment funds domiciled in one country to be sold directly to retail investors in participating jurisdictions, and vice versa." Brogden also welcomed the ...

T. Rowe Price appoints former Ashmore exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
US-based global investment manager T. Rowe Price has appointed former Ashmore country head David Frazer as its new senior institutional sales and relationship manager for Australia and New Zealand. Frazer previously held business development roles in ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... PMI indices a price the UK has to pay for its success? That perhaps, this is due to the labour shortage situation in the country as revealed in the REC/KPMG "Report on Jobs"? The good news on top of the good news is that UK inflation remains well-behaved. ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Northern Trust hires from within for global head role

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... companies. In his new role, Jordan reports to head of global fund services Peter Cherecwich, and Australia and New Zealand country head Rohan Singh. "Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region for Northern Trust with assets under custody growing at an ...

Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... 'super-enabler' helping to add an extra $250 billion to the national economy. This third report in Deloitte's Building the Lucky Country series - Positioning for Prosperity? Catching the next wave, which focuses on business imperatives for a prosperous ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... executive Rosmary Vilgan said: "There has been little change to the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to default options in this country in the last 20 years, despite significant policy changes like the increase in contribution rate from 3% to 9.25% and beyond ...

Australia has softer approach to corporate wrongdoing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... if Australia's maximum criminal penalties (jail and fines) were broadly consistent with the international average, the country has significantly lower prison terms and fines than the United States. In other countries, there is a broader range of civil ...