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IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... analyst concluded. Bedding said that SFGA advisers "are happy [IOOF] is not a bank or an insurer," as maintaining their independence is one of their main concerns. He adds that IOOF "is good at bringing advisory businesses into the organisation and letting ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... well prepared if the regulator was ever to question the composition of the board." The paper explored definitions of independence, and looked at the views of David Gonski and Roger Urwin, both of whom argued that, while independence was a desirable feature ...

PROFILE: Actuaries Institute CEO David Bell

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... years in Nigeria, where his British father worked for a company that sold heavy switch gear. But following Nigeria's independence in the early 60s, a civil war ensued that made it too dangerous to remain there, and the family moved to his mother's native ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin told pro-Russian rebels fighting in east Ukraine to halt plans for independence referendums. Investors were also encouraged by Fed Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony to congress in which she said the ...

Bloomberg takes over UBS commodities indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Family to the Bloomberg Commodity Index Family. "Benchmarks are at the heart of the financial system, and benchmark independence is key to the transparency and efficiency of global financial markets," Bloomberg chief executive and president Dan Doctoroff ...

APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has used its submission to the Financial System Inquiry to call for increased independence from government. APRA's submission argues that it needs more freedom to regulate the banking, superannuation and life insurance ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... in global fixed income benchmarks," head of Bloomberg Indexes Srikant Dash said. "This acquisition provides true independence to an index family used extensively by institutional investors and asset managers. We are committed to a seamless transition ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... chair David Gonski has questioned whether there is really such a thing as an 'independent' director, arguing that independence is a "state of mind". Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' (AIST) Conference of Major Superannuation ...

Not-for-profit investors value non-alignment: Hamilton

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Non-aligned financial planners and wealth managers can use their independence as a selling point with not-for-profit foundations, according to Will Hamilton, chief executive of Hamilton Wealth Management. Hamilton Wealth Management recently won its ...

CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... and CBUS," Professor Ralston said. David Cox of Challenger Financial Services said Challenger Limited valued the independence, objectivity and real world problem solving focus of the Monash CSIRO research collaboration. Research over the next year will ...