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Aon Hewitt partners with EQT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... deliver client and business outcomes," Walker said. "It has a robust estate planning process, national coverage, independence, and highly experienced and qualified estate planning professionals," he said.

FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... financial interest in the company or related companies for at least three years. But whether this ensures genuine independence is not clear. Senator Cormann was not available for comment.

'Product agnostic' netwealth announces record growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... Burgess agreed. "We expect a relatively strong US economy, which should see significant benefits from likely energy independence. This favours dollar earners and US cyclical exposure in particular. We anticipate online retailing to grow further, at the ...

CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... mean auditors will need to meet initial and on-going requirements relating to their qualifications, competency and independence, said minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten.

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... difficult for the superannuation industry to have confidence in FWA because there is a widely held view that FWA lacks independence. "The expert panel will be dominated by FWA, it will be chaired by the FWA President and FWA will appoint the part time ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Rupert Murdoch's dual role as chairman and chief executive of News Corporation will be challenged by at least one Australian superannuation fund at the company's annual general meeting in Los Angeles on 16 October. A proposal that the News Corp chairperson ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
The Financial Services Council's definition of independence is "novel," said David Whiteley, chief executive, Industry Super Network (ISN). Policy released last month by the representative body provided mandatory guidelines that said a majority of directors ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... should I say, the diminishing returns - of another QE, the suspicion it'll raise over the Fed's credibility and its independence, the expansion of the Fed's balance sheet, the inflation and the debasement of the US dollar it'll generate afterwards, and ...

FSC super governance policy forces independence

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
A majority of directors on superannuation trustee boards must be independent, under draft superannuation governance policy released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) this morning. An independent director must also chair the trustee board, and ...