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Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... sophistication of our trustee. Clearly, it is essential to have investment skills, legal, accounting and governance capabilities. Of course, knowledge of the industries you represent is vital too," he said. "But an increasingly important skill to have ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... median projection for the appropriate level of the federal funds rate now lies above the effective lower bound in 2023." "Of course, these projections do not represent a Committee decision or plan, and no one knows with any certainty where the economy ...

PRI chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... spend time with my family, or even being able to reach them if I needed, have simply become too high for me," she said. "Of course, if it was viable to maintain my role as chief executive from Australia I would, but this is not practical or indeed possible. ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Sinatra, Australia's now "A-number one, top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill..." Ol' blue eyes was, of course, singing about the Big Apple (New York) but comparing apples with apples, Australia's on top. The Australian Bureau ...

Research on education standards and morals launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... forcing them to undertake further study and abide by a national code of ethics. This includes sitting a compulsory ethics course and a national ethics exam administered by the soon-to-be defunct Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA). ...

The secret to looking good in the media: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... answer them," she said. "I've had many situations where a client has said to us - 'can't we just lie?'" Of course, Brown cautioned that lying is not a feasible strategy when it comes to speaking with journalists. Through an informed communications ...

Labor to push for YFYS stapling amendments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... the best interests of their members, which courts have always interpreted as the best financial interests of members, of course they should be doing that.", Jones added that Labor hasn't decided on materiality threshold, but it will likely be expense-based ...

Macquarie Securities slapped with $126k fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... concerns over the purchase of 1.2 million shares at $2.465 on 6 May 2019 on the ASXC, alleging it was not in the ordinary course of trading. MSA's sell order, which traded with MSA's buy order, was preferenced ahead of two existing sell orders ...

FASEA approves two degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
The Financial Advisers Ethics and Standards Authority has added two degrees to its approved list of courses. Any bachelor's degree with a major in financial services that commenced from March 2021 at Southern Cross University has been given FASEA's ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... SG-driven contributions into not-for-profit funds. Even personal contributions into SMSFs have collapsed, with thanks of course to the introduction of the Transfer Balance Cap. Okay, policymakers might have expected it to have an impact, but I wager ...