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Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Australia's top bankers will have to explain what went wrong in their advice divisions at a public Senate hearing in Canberra on Tuesday. Chaired by Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, the Senate Economics Committee will interrogate Macquarie Group chief executive ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... deteriorating demographic profile, it must be properly calibrated to meet its objectives. There is general policy consensus in Canberra that superannuation has three policy objectives: to reduce welfare and pension costs, provide a better standard of ...

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... our already internationally proven teams." Brophy added that there were "established plans" to open further offices in Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Leeanne Turner's lifelong career in superannuation came about by accident. Growing up near Canberra, she had initially thought she'd like to be a teacher. But like many 20-year-olds, she decided to put that off for a while and travel to Europe. To do ...

Hastings partners with Japanese bank

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... Strategic Partnership Agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited (CMID) in Canberra earlier this month, as well as partnerships in Korea and India.

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... decision to support the government. "We were all trying to find our way. Well, I found my way now," she told reporters in Canberra. Two other senators - independents Nick Xenophon and John Madigan - also backed the move. Senator Xenophon said the government ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... first renminbi hub in Sydney, following its approval by the People's Bank of China and the Reserve Bank of Australia in Canberra yesterday. Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly said the hub would allow the renminbi to "move freely throughout our region ...

Infra manager Hastings inks major China deal

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... between a Chinese State-owned enterprise and an Australian infrastructure fund manager." Under the agreement - signed in Canberra yesterday, as part of the signing of the historic China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, - the two parties will confer each ...

netwealth dealer group expands to Canberra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Netwealth-owned financial planning business Bridgeport Financial Services has acquired a financial planning practice in Canberra and has expanded its presence across four states. Empire Financial Planning has funds under advice of approximately $100 ...