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UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... a brick wall last week when the vote by WRT security holders on the matter was postponed at the last minute amid heated debate about its merits and the strong possibility that the restructure would be rejected. Since then, Westfield Group has unveiled ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... year, she won 'Best Piece of ESG Research by an individual analyst or team'. Her paper, "Unburnable Carbon - A Catalyst for Debate" won top marks across all judging criteria, with one judge commenting its practical relevance on ASX-listed companies. ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... He added that compulsory annuitisation would "probably just hurt the government" as it would have to guarantee it. The debate came just weeks after the British chancellor George Osborne announced in the UK budget that he would scrap compulsory annuitisation ...

Murray shuns FoFA commissions' debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray has avoided weighing in on the debate about the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments and the possibility that they could bring back commissions in advice. Speaking at the Institute of Chartered ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Over 55s now account for two-thirds of all financial planning clients, and four out of every five dollars under advice, the latest report from researcher Investment Trends shows. An aging population and generational wealth differences have made retirees ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... in June! What Super Mario said: "We are not resigned to allowing inflation to remain too low for too long. There is no debate about our goal, which is to return inflation toward 2% in the medium-term, in line with our mandate." "At present, our expectation ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Westpac weighs in on FoFA debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Westpac said that the government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation are "necessary" to ensure consumer protection. Westpac is the first of the Big Four to have its say on the FoFA changes, which are A currently being ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program is set to stir the debate around the professional standards of advisers, which has been questioned recently by the polemic changes to the Future of ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... but cautioned the government about the risks of considering changes in isolation. "Until we have a considered community debate about what we expect our superannuation system to deliver for individuals in retirement and, particularly, what is accepted ...