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Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... priorities for retirement incomes so voters know where they stand heading in to this year's election. The announcement will come on top of Labor's superannuation tax policy announced in April last year and Chalmers said the opposition is committed to ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has highlighted three superannuation governance issues it will prioritise in its regulatory agenda for 2016. The first of these issues is what the regulator called "the robustness of strategic and business ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A recent survey has shown Australia's competitiveness could be at risk due to a lack of interest in STEM subjects. The findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects ...

Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... 18.5% of total FUM. AMP is close behind with 17.4% with CBA/CFS (15.8%), NAB/MLC (14.2%) and Macquarie (8.1%) rounding out the top five.

FSC salutes choice reforms, ISA calls for more transparency

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... "weak" disclosure requirements from retail funds. "The new laws only require funds to produce a public dashboard for their top 10 products, denying consumers simple, accessible information on thousands of investment options," he explained. "There will ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... economic thinking that goes into making policy. "Less than 40% of economics post-graduate students are women. Just one of the top seven RBA officials is a woman. Treasury does not have any women amongst its most senior public servants. Having more female ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... Returning Artist and James Lee from BT took the Ironbark Band's Choice for making sure U2 was in the house with the Billboard top hit 'Desire'. But the night wouldn't have been complete without the full roster of contestants, all of whom picked just ...

Risk sales were flat in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... previous year. The group risk sector, however, reported an increase in business by 14% to $6 billion in 2015, with all of the top ten insurers in the industry reporting an increase in sales.

BNP Paribas wins another custody mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... focus on emerging markets. Helping our partners grow is a major part of our focus." BNP Paribas Securities Services was ranked top custodian for client satisfaction in the Global Custodian Agent Banks in Major Markets Survey, ranking top in all categories ...

Market slide widens super performance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... 180 basis point edge for NFPs over a 12-month period, with NFPs averaging 1.5% and retail funds averaging negative 0.3%. The top-performing workplace funds included in the research for the 12 months to 31 December 2015 were MTAA Super (4.9%), BUSS(Q) ...