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Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... of former Australian Securities Commission investigator Brett Walker (who also sits on the dealer group's investment committee). The group is still actively looking for other advice tech companies to partner with, with El Shammaa noting that, thus far ...

Super fund names head of portfolio design

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... AMP Life and Genworth Australia. Prior to joining HESTA, Weston was also a member of AustralianSuper's Investment Committee for five years. Chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said the appointment was a crucial step in the fund's push ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... government will not extend stimulus packages, saying they would dull the dynamism of the economy. Delivering a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Morrison said that despite wide sweeping reforms, the government will ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... industry super funds and related conflicts of interest. Wilson, who chairs the House of Representatives' Standing Economics Committee, referenced a report from research and ratings house Lonsec on industry fund Hostplus in his letter sent yesterday. ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... CSIRO has recommended a more lenient approach to regulation in the corporate world in a submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology. The science body noted that Australia's strong regulatory environment ...

AMP to cull super trustee, five funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... funds. Responding to a question on notice from its November appearance before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, AMP revealed its simplified wealth management arm will see it aim to close superannuation trustee AMP Superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... around August this year. The Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy statement published after the monetary policy committee meeting of October 7 - where it kept policy settings unchanged - was more optimistic on Brexit. "In October, the UK and EU ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide on June 20. Talking about 'The Labour Market and Spare ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the UK's Green Finance Taskforce. It will be guided by a steering committee who aim to develop a set of recommendations to assist the finance sector in moving to a more resilient and sustainable economy. ...

Nikko appoints AIST director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... on the boards of Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited and Nikko AM Limited, also chairing the risk and compliance committee. Edwards currently serves as the independent chair of Tasplan Super, a non-executive director of the Australian Institute ...