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China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... in Mercer's governance and legal consulting practice. She has significant experience in superannuation law, regulatory affairs and fund governance, having also worked at the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and also as a specialist in ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... the national executive confuses its role in overseeing the strategy of the union with wanting to manage the operational affairs of the union without a mandate to do so," Jordan said. She said resolutions that impinged adopting budgetary measures and ...

BTFG adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... want flexible, intuitive, comprehensive systems that allow them to view and manage a complete picture of their financial affairs all in one place," BT general manager of platforms and operations John Shuttleworth said. "The introduction of managed funds ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... laundry list of reasons for the whys and wherefores and everything in between for the current market rout. If this state of affairs goes on for much longer, we might just see something we haven't seen in 14 years - an Australian recession. Then again ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... Superannuation Working Group will meet with both Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs Shayne Neumann to show the range of challenges indigenous Australians face as well as how government agencies can assist. ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... misconduct." ISA said the draft legislation "is misdirected, imposes rigid and inflexible regulation, intrudes into the private affairs of a corporation without a rational or compelling basis, and will undermine the representative trustee system." However ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... that chief economist James Bond left the organisation earlier this year. Bond has been appointed director of external affairs and investment at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Bond will be responsible for ASFA's advocacy ...

Findex acquires private wealth firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... businesses." "The approach of goals-based advice and holistic implementation around the entirety of a client's financial affairs is one Findex is pursuing across our Australasian network through Crowe Horwath, Centric Wealth and our other brands." At ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... to poor quality sales driven advice which is detrimental to industry super fund members," said ISA director of public affairs Matthew Linden. "While it is laudable that the Assistant Treasurer has sought to make the industry responsible for tackling ...