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Share market rallies on Murray report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... stronger, with banks rallying on the Financial System Inquiry's recommendation that banks hold more capital. Shares in the major banks and the small regional players are firmer, a day after former Commonwealth Bank boss David Murray's final report was ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... "income recession." Falling commodity prices are unlikely to have a direct effect on superannuation funds, as they are not major direct investors in commodities. According to APRA figures, as of September 2014 just 0.06% of superannuation assets were ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the ANZ job advertisements series for November is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday fell, weighed down by weakness in the resources sector. The ...

Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Superannuation fund boards should comprise a majority of independent directors including an independent chair, David Murray has recommended in the Financial System Inquiry final report. If the government implements this recommendation, it would represent ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... retail wealth management sector who at the end of their careers have had somewhat of an epiphany and now realise fees are a major problem. Nevertheless, showing just how infuriated the FSI board is over this topic is that just one year into the new MySuper ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Increase the time available for industry to implement complex regulatory change. Conduct post-implementation reviews of major regulatory changes more frequently. Impact investment: Explore ways to facilitate development of the impact investment market ...

FPA appoints WA chapter chair

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... members within each chapter feel supported and engaged." The FPA has 32 chapters that operate in the capital cities and major regional centres throughout Australia. Each chapter is run by an elected committee of FPA members and headed up by a local chapter ...

Follow our coverage of the FSI final report on Sunday

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... them. We'll also be delivering a special bulletin right to your inbox. Released in July, the interim report was one of the major talking points this year. In that document, Murray put vertically integrated advice models and education standards squarely ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... investors in Australian in May 2008. It is available on the FirstChoice platform, as well as on the platforms of all the major banks and life insurers.

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by State Street. The survey, called 'Pension Funds DIY: A Hands-on Future for Asset Owners', interviewed 134 ...