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ACSA appoints new chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has appointed J. P. Morgan's David Braga as its new chair ahead of current chair Pierre Jond's departure in December. As head of product for J.P. Morgan's Australian custody business, Braga has already ...

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
More than 740,000 Australian pensioners will have extra money in their pockets as a result of the lowering of the social security deeming rates from 4 November 2013, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrew said. The deeming rate will decrease to 2% ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Political dysfunction in the US has raised concerns the super power may not fully pay bond holders, a risk formerly only associated with emerging market economies. BlackRock Inc has just released its latest 'Willingness to Pay' report that contains ...

TAL life chief actuary to head global association

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
TAL Life chief actuary and former Actuaries Institute president Fred Rowley will take up office as president-elect of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) from 1 January 2014 and is expected to become president in 2015. The International Actuarial ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
We now resume normal programming, now that the 2013 season of Washington's "when the shutdown meets the ceiling" theatre is over. Let's watch the China channel. The economy's going where PM Li likes it to be - GDP growth quickened to 7.8% in the third ...

Grandfathering pushes self-licensing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Uncertainty around the grandfathering provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations has made a self-license more appealing for advisers looking to leave their dealer group. "Lots of licensees have restrictions in place that might not ...

Sinodinos confirms election promises will be met

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
In his first public address since taking office the Minister reiterated Prime Minister Tony Abbot's plan to reduce red tape, promote greater competition and improve infrastructure in a bid to make Australia a more productive economy. "The cumulative ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
Chifley Super is set to merge with Sunsuper, with members and assets being transferred on 31 December 2013. After an extensive review and investigation process which explored possible takeovers of smaller entities as well as mergers with larger industry ...

BT to double time advisers spend with clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
BT Financial Group is implementing an Advice Transformation program that aims to double the time advisers spend in meetings with their clients. BT head of Practice Management Wes Hall told Financial Standard that the program "will help advisers connect ...