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CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey said Commonwealth Bank (CBA) needs to "lift its game" and added that the bank has handled the scandals within its financial planning businesses and the Senate investigation "appallingly." Hockey spoke this weekend at the Liberal ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Independent investment research Morningstar Australasia has launched stewardship ratings for Australian and New Zealand stocks. The ratings assess a firm's stewardship of shareholder capital as exemplary, standard, or poor. In the initial allocations ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... at how advisers and product providers can join forces to come up with the best strategies to meet retirees needs. Treasurer Joe Hockey's 2014-15 budget speech in May sent the wheels of the financial services industry speed up. The rise of the Age Pension ...

Investors beware IPOs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The excitement surrounding initial public offerings (IPOs) can inflate prices and lead investors away from their disciplined investment process, Hyperion portfolio manager Joel Gray has warned. "Rising equity markets have seen the tide of IPOs rise ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Who's Who in ESG research attended this week's annual ESG RA Research Awards and the results are a mix of good, bad and magnificent. Elaine Prior is a name that needs no introduction in Australia's ESG broking community. Her research into the subject ...

NAB business growth manager joins Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) Wealth and MLC business growth manager for New South Wales will join Fortnum Financial Group as national sales manager. Joel Taylor will be responsible for building relationships with new and existing member firms, and ...

Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Future Fund has appointed a new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Joel Posters will relocate from The Netherlands to take up the role and is expected to start in August 2014. Until recently Posters was global head of ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... urged the federal government not to rush any changes to the age at which people can access their retirement savings. Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their super, but Prime Minister Tony ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that the government will be introducing sweeping reforms to bring superannuation into sync with age pension reforms that were announced in last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...