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Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?" - Robert Burns Happy 2015 to all you gentlereaders. We're back in space - cyberspace that is - and, it seems, so are the economic and financial market uncertainties that littered the dying ...

FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Check out the latest edition of the FS Advice newsletter here Last week, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's outburst about financial planning got everyone talking. He used the words "absolutely appalling" when referring to the fact that Australian consumers ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Incoming TWUSUPER chief executive Paul Sayer has questioned the motivation of the Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption, urging the commissioner to take a balanced view in his initial findings, which are due out on Monday. Just over ...

Life company profits flat

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... revenue ($239 million) were almost identical to the last annual figures. ClearView Life saw a modest pick-up in profits, while TAL saw a modest drop. APRA did not provide new figures for AMP and MLC, which are by the far the biggest players in terms ...

TAL appoints claims manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
TAL has appointed a former Insurance Australia Group (IAG) executive to the role of general manager of claims. Mary Maini will be responsible for overseeing claims management across all of TAL's distribution channels. Maini's appointment coincides with ...

NZ Super Fund takes big stake in LanzaTech

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) has taken a 17% stake in gas-to-liquid company LanzaTech. The stake, purchased for invested $US60 million ($A64.92 million) values the company at about $US400 million and makes the super fund the second-biggest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow US and international bourses downwards to open lower after disappointing Japanese and Chinese data. At 0836 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 5,355. Chinese ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
David Murray's recommendation that super fund boards comprise a majority of directors has met with mixed responses from the industry, with the retail side welcoming it but the not-for-profit side broadly rejecting it. Media reports, meanwhile, have ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Financial System Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
Catch up on Financial Standard's comprehensive coverage of the Financial System Inquiry's final report here. The report, which is likely to shape industry and regulatory policy for the financial planning, superannuation and investment management industries ...