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ACCC chairman withdraws from merger talks

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010

... Competition and Consumer Commission, Samuel has recused himself from the merger talks to avoid perceptions of conflicts of interest due to his family's involvement in the DFO shopping centre chain. NAB and AXA, which were both consulted on Samuel's decision ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010

... corporate law and consumer affairs, previously said moving to a fee for service structure wouldn't resolve conflicts of interest issues. Deen Sanders, deputy chief executive and head of professionalism at the FPA, said the association had moved on from ...

Commissions by another name

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010

... corporate law, has labelled fee-for-service advice fees no better than commissions and said they wouldn't fix conflicts of interest. Hartsuyker made the statements while attempting to attack the government's reforms to financial advice that were announced ...

Planner fees for super advice cost $1.3bn

ISN PRESS RELEASE | MONDAY, 19 APR 2010

... commissions with ongoing percentage-based fees would do nothing to reduce the fees paid by consumers or address conflicts of interest. He argued that models proposed by retail funds (where fund members opt out of paying for financial advice) are designed ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 19 APR 2010

... are designed to improve Australia's remuneration structure by encouraging shareholder engagement, tackling conflicts of interest and improving overall disclosure, said the government's statement. Overall, the report has received support. Ann Byrne, chief ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010

... Professionals' Union (DEPA) have both started a petition for him to resign because he failed to adequately manage his conflicts of interest. It is understood that LGSS has requested the merger proposal documents but, as of today, they are yet to sight ...

CalSTRS adopts engagement code

COMPANY RELEASE | THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

... company's performance. The fund's governance policy now reflects the code across public disclosure, managing conflicts of interest and the disclosure of proxy votes. The code requests institutional investors detail how they're addressing corporate governance ...

Ripoll rules but confusion reigns

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009

... necessary? The new duty will make that disclosure irrelevant because either the planner will not be allowed any conflicts of interest or because they will have to show that the conflicts did not affect their recommendations. Either way disclosure will ...

Advisers want to keep commissions: research

COMPANY RELEASE | MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009

... three quarters said preventing payments from product manufacturers to financial advisers would not stop conflicts of interest between both parties from occurring. But at the same, the Coredata research found nine out of 10 financial advisers agreed in ...

Ripoll heats up sales or advice debate

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009

... planners' allegiances lie. In fact, the Inquiry has put the spotlight on the elephant in the room - the conflicts of interest as advisers play the dual role of sellers within a company's distribution network, while giving financial advice. "The tension ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:28PM

Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:37PM

IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI | 10:54AM

Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA | 11:52AM

The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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