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Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The 2012 Mercer Global Pension Index has shown that Australia has come in third place out of 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Australian institutional investors eyeballing Asian investment opportunities need to understand not only their investment markets, but how different Asian business networks and regulatory systems are to Australian systems. Catching out novice Australian ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Recently released proposals to increase the power of the prudential regulator have failed to address the issue of accountability and performance appraisal. The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has argued in an analysis paper released today ...

Separate wealth from income strategy: Merton

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Thinking about a wealth goal for members isn't remotely the same as a member-specific income goal and strategy - which should be the next generation solution for securing retirement income. That's according to Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australian institutional investors wanting to gain a toehold in the Asian market or learn more about how the funds management market works in the region have only a few weeks to register for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Investing In ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
ClearView Wealth Limited has expanded its advice division with the number of advisers in its dealer group increasing more than one-third since December. This expansion, announced via an ASX update, reflects ClearView's advice strategy which includes ...

Plum upgrades online investment services

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Plum has upgraded its online education centre and launched new benefit projection features in an effort to encourage more direct member engagement. The new features will enable members to model potential retirement outcomes and compare multiple scenarios. ...

Finance and Treasury Association appoints new CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
The Finance and Treasury Association has appointed David Michell as new CEO. Michell is the former technical director and deputy chief executive of the Association serving from 1999 to 2006. He has 25 years experience in banking, investments and in ...

Vanguard founder joins MLC board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
Former managing director and Vanguard founder Jeremy Duffield has been appointed as a non-executive director on the MLC board. "Jeremy is an industry veteran after initially starting out as an assistant economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
ASIC has given regulatory clearance for the launch of ASX PureMatch, the new high speed/low latency order book for trading the most liquid ASX-listed stocks and domestic exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has now ...