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Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... back when they retire according to an industry fund chief investment officer. Addressing a member direct investment options forum at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) conference yesterday, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam ...

Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum 2015 registrations open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Registrations are now open for the Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum 2015, which will be held in Sydney on October 8. The one-day professional learning program is designed to inform advisers and other attendees about how managed ...

ASIC to foster fintech growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... mitigating risks so investors and consumers can have trust and confidence in the Australian markets. Speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said businesses often have innovative models that may not fit neatly within existing ...

Financial advice is a boring game

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Approached as a game, financial advice is boring and unappealing for prospective clients, argued PortfolioConstruction Forum chief finology officer Dr. David Lazenby. Speaking at the 2015 Association of Financial Advisers National Roadshow in Sydney ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... button. This reminds me of RBA Gov Glenn's comments after his speech at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum in London at the end of June. "Countless market and media antennae are trained on the sound of the central bank voice, trying ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... contract was up 33 points at 5,606. In local economic news, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens is speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade price ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has reminded a business forum that the Tax White Paper is about how the government collects tax, not how much. Hockey told the PwC Tax Reform Forum in Melbourne yesterday that more than 800 submissions on the Tax White Paper ...

The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... fresher stat. This reminds me of RBA Gov Glenn's comments after his speech at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum in London only last Tuesday. "Countless market and media antennae are trained on the sound of the central bank voice ...

VFMC appoints new chairman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... officer of Norwich Union Australia; and TAC chief executive officer. He has been a member of the COAG Business Advisory Forum and a previous director of VFMC. In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to public administration. VFMC is responsible ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Industry superannuation funds may deploy up to $15 billion additional capital over the next five years after Australia joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair, Peter Collins, said activities of the ...