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AMP recruits NAB executive to head product, strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AMP has appointed a former NAB executive to the role of director of product, strategy and services, following an extensive search. NAB former general manager of retail wealth platforms Dean Thomas joins AMP today. The role was last held by Melinda Howes ...

APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reacted to industry pressure and watered down the data reporting requirements for super funds regarding 'select' investment options. Select investment options are non-MySuper investment options. ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Superannuation trustees need to actively prioritise implemented asset consultants that add value, according to new research by Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants. Deloitte surveyed six major consultants over the five years to 30 June 2014, using the Vanguard ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... classes." The World Bank cut its global growth outlook to 3.0% this year - revised from 3.2% in October, revised from 3.4% in June - from 2.6% in 2014, with risk tilted to the downside, eloquently summarised by its chief economist, Kaushik Basu, thus ...

Standard Life Inv launches global equity strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
Standard Life Investments has launched a Global Equity Unconstrained strategy. The fund is available to international investors, including Australian clients, through a SICAV structure. The SICAV fund (which is an acronym for sociA(C)tA(C) d'investissement ...

NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
New Zealand Super has joined forces with Infratil to buy major Australian aged care facility operator RetireAustralia. The sovereign wealth fund and the asset manager will take 50% each after entering into a sale and purchase agreement worth $640.2 ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Life company profits flat

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
Revenue and profits for the 12 months to June 2014 have remained flat for life insurance companies, according to the latest statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). While most of the figures released in the latest ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Australian financial institutions looking for ways to creatively counter regulatory overreach should look to MetLife in the US that has set up a website called The Regulation Resource Centre to enlist the help of stakeholders and facilitate positive ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has rejected the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) recommendation that the government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation ...