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Laminar fund wins award for innovation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... awarded the Victorian Innovation in Funds Management Award at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium in Melbourne yesterday. The award, which is sponsored by the Victorian Government, recognises firms who have successfully met the challenges, engaged ...

CBA chairman defends compensation program at AGM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... its reaction to the financial planning scandals in front of shareholders at the annual general meeting in Melbourne yesterday. "We know that saying sorry is not enough, and that action is required, and where we've not already made good, we are absolutely ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... to Towers Watson global head of investment Chris Ford. Speaking at the 2014 Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne yesterday, Ford said that institutional investors should reconsider the mandate structure and place more emphasis on capital allocation. ...

Packer launches $200 million philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... businesses. Packer Family Foundation chair Gretel Packer announced the $200 million National Philanthropic Fund, in Melbourne yesterday. "This exciting collaboration between Crown Resorts and our family creates a platform from which to contribute towards ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said that the expansionary effect that can be seen in the market ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... research into the experiences of female directors of super funds at the AIST Fund Governance Conference in Melbourne yesterday. Reynolds said AIST was encouraging all funds to move to gender diversity to at least 40% within the next five years, with ...

FPA scores 94pc approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... three-year strategic plan as the association moves in new direction. The extraordinary general meeting held in Melbourne yesterday recorded a 94 per cent vote in favour of the strategic plan, well above the required 75 per cent. As a result, from July ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... Australia." This was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressing young Australians at the University of Melbourne yesterday. Her statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending alliance in the pursuit of finding the cave that ...

Aussie planners should turn to Asia: Hockey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... financial advisers are among the very best of the world," he said at an Association of Financial Advisers lunch in Melbourne yesterday. "I see the great opportunity in your profession as growth into Asia." He pegged financial advice in many parts of ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... prior lodgement period. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne yesterday, D'Ascenzo said the timing of SMSF lodgements was a major concern three years ago but it had significantly improved since then. ...