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Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The superannuation system must be the best it can possibly be to ensure that every Australian is confident in controlling their own destiny. That was the overarching theme of Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's address to the ...

Ausbil announces several promotions, new CEO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Ausbil Investment Management is strengthening its focus with a repositioning of its senior leadership team. Ausbil founder Paul Xiradis will become executive chairman, in addition to his current position of chief investment officer and head of equities. ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The world of financial markets and tea-leaves reading would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one month and disappoint ...

Workers missing out on $147m in super: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Less than one in ten Australians are aware of the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold according to new research from REST Industry Super. The Future of Work, a whitepaper commissioned by REST to understand the different expectations of employers ...

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Merits behind the Superannuation (Objective) Bill may soon be debated in the Senate, following a Senate Economics Legislation Committee report filed on Tuesday. Committee chair, Senator Jane Hume, told Financial Standard that after considering all positions ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
"Beware the ides of March". This quote had always been imbued with a sense of foreboding because this day marked the assassination of Julius Caesar back in 44 BC. It shouldn't be for the "ides" was just the fancy way Romans termed the 15th day of March ...

IOOF profits slide across all key businesses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
IOOF reported declining profits across all key segments in 1H17, contributing to an overall 45% slide in statutory profit down to $74 million. The group's platform management and administration business took the biggest hit to underlying profit, falling ...

Long-serving Platinum portfolio manager departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
A portfolio manager at Platinum Asset Management will step down from his role after 15 years with the firm. Simon Trevett joined Platinum in 2002 and currently co-manages the Platinum International Brands Fund with Jamie Halse, who will now take on ...

CBA records $4.9bn half-year profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm recorded a $249 million profit in the second half of 2016, up 6% on the first six months of the calendar year. The wealth division was a small contributor to CBA's overall net profit after tax of $4.9 billion ...

APRA urges banks to raise capital

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Capital standards should be set so that the capital ratios of deposit takers are unquestionably strong, according to ARPA chairman Wayne Byres. Speaking at the A50 Australian Economic Forum in Sydney on Friday, Byres outlined the APRA's agenda for 2017 ...