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Energy Super makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... manager and another Australian superannuation fund. He has also been an economist with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Judd will oversee the implementation of the fund's investment strategies at Energy Super. Previously Russell-Clarke worked ...

Jury out on AFSL uptake by accountants

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... providing limited financial advice probably wont have a choice, said Vicki Stylianou, executive general manager, public affairs, the Institute of Public Accountants. Once the regulation is finalised it will be easier to say how many accountants "will ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... loans, while planners can develop the clients' long-term financial strategies." But Robin Bowerman, head of corporate affairs at Vanguard Investments Australia, in a recent investment update, said SMSF trustees are cautious about including residential ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... a weakening South Korea are blowing ill winds into Australia. No surprises here. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data (though dated) showed that these countries are our country's top two-way trading partners. In 2010, China accounted ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... across a range of industries over the past few years as well as a strong focus on the weak global economy in our current affairs." According to GWS findings around one in four Australians (26%) work in an organisation that has outsourced, restructured ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... fund today may not be the best fund tomorrow," Girgis said. "So this snapshot analysis in a constantly fluid state of affairs has in itself inherently got some problems and that may result in funds being picked where down the track members may be worse ...

Trust tax reform can be split

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... much needed change on simpler aspects. "They can be separated," said Vicki Stylianou, executive general manager of public affairs at IPA. "A lot of the discussion has been on the basis that managed investment trusts can be treated separately. "If you ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... despite Uncle Ben's much-anticipated semi-annual testimony before the US Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs being a non-event - a maintenance of the status quo if you will, and a repeat of past QE (if necessary) promises made. ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... in the makeup of their portfolios since the global financial crisis," said Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's head of corporate affairs and market development. "Higher volatility and lower returns have focused investors on the things they can control within ...

Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... higher fees, when returns are in single digit or negative territory," said Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's head of corporate affairs and market development. The result is investors increasingly unwilling to pay higher fees for volatile performance, adding ...