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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 ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... own AFSL in 2003. As well as his terms as President and State Director, Mr Murphy also served as Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee from 1999 to 2006, making representations to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Financial Services Reform ...

MAFTA provides new Asian opportunities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... previous 30% ownership cap was negotiated. "I congratulate Trade Minister Craig Emerson and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for successfully negotiating this important agreement," said Insurance Australia Group's managing director and CEO ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... Akgiray, chairman of the Capital Markets Board (CMB) of Turkey, and Ethiopis Tafara, director of the Office of International Affairs at the US Securities and Exchange Commission as vice chairs. As part of a streamlining of IOSCO's structure, the new ...

Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... ETFs will develop, the early adopters have been in the retail space," Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's principal of corporate affairs and market development recently told Financial Standard. Research conducted by Deloitte on behalf of Russell Investments in ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... "promised" budget surplus and go for more. For given Prime Minister Gillard's latest backflip over the Slipper and Thomson affairs, Treasurer Wayne Swan would move heaven and earth to ensure that this is one promise they keep. Then again, perhaps the ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... KRudd Nah, not these words exactly. Maybe in an unguarded moment, but you wouldn't expect Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs (now former Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs) Kevin Rudd to speak those precise words in front of the American Press ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... Brussels do not want to release the bailout fund until they see these austerity measures legislated. EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Olli Rehn did not mince his words, "It's up to the Greek government by concrete actions -- through legislation ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... because European powers-that-be can't agree on where they're taking us. Last Sunday, European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn told us that they are close to an agreement and all will be revealed by 23 October. "Dream on" was ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... carrot, in front of their noses. The carrot? The carrot was a Financial Times report quoting EU commissioner for economic affairs Olli Rehn saying that, "Capital positions of European banks must be reinforced to provide additional safety margins and ...