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PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... PIMCO's Newport Beach office and other PIMCO offices around the world. The members will also attend the firm's annual Secular Forum in May of each year, where PIMCO's investment professionals discuss the economic outlook and its implications for markets ...

Registrations for 2016 Chief Economists Forum open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Leading Australian economist Saul Eslake will be the master of ceremonies at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum taking place in February. The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist extends his association with the thought-leadership ...

APRA debates whether "to model or not to model"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... science," according to APRA chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Global Risk Forum in Hong Kong, Byres said that he is not interested in having "the sorts of prescriptive, one-size-fits-all regulation that ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has appointed a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment manager and is increasing company research and its direct engagement program. Joining the $31 billion fund is Nicole Bradford, replacing Louise ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Helen Rowell" who delivered a speech at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum in Melbourne last month. The Senators said that under direct questioning at the committee's inquiry, Rowell conceded that ...

Aged care concerns top Challenger advice list

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... University professor Deborah Ralston told an Australian Centre for Financial Studies' (ACFS) Funding Australia's Future forum last week that the aged care sector has been through a period of incredible reform since 2012. "It's creating a more user-pays ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum that on a number of occasions in the last few years she has "noted that comparisons of investment performance at fund ...

Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Financial Studies (ACFS) research director, Professor Kevin Davis, reiterated this message at the Funding Australia's Future forum in Sydney this week. Presenting findings from his paper, Dividend Imputation and the Australian Financial System: What ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... system without more investment. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' (ACFS) Funding Australia's Future forum in Sydney yesterday, Vamos said super's current structure does not necessarily make it feasible for retirement income stream ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... and wondered whether insurance was sustainable for our members." MetLife head of group product, Maria Crocker, told the forum there were solutions to work around developing insurance products at super funds. "One feature that consistently ranks low on ...