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Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
Institutions are turning increasingly to alternative assets in a bid to boost returns but many are too slow in changing their asset allocation, according to the latest AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. Almost half (46%) of the global survey ...

Cbus sacks alleged leaker, plans governance review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... being carried out by KPMG. "So we've extended the KPMG investigation internally," he said. "We'll be recommending to the board in a meeting next week that we undertake an independent governance review and that we commission an eminent business person ...

Former JBWere acting CEO joins Impact Investing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... capital can be used harness positive social outcomes." The organisation is focusing on delivering the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing's strategy, 'Delivering on Impact', which was launched in September. It is also leading Australia's participation ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Institutional investors are getting little value from active management and must focus on total returns to remain competitive, according to Towers Watson global head of investment Chris Ford. Speaking at the 2014 Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne ...

FPA chair Rowe stands down, Kendall takes the reins

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has ended his two year term at the head of the organisation's board and will be replaced by Tupicoffs financial planner and pro bono advice advocate Neil Kendall. Board member and iPac chief ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... points at 5,320. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its October board meeting, while RBA deputy governor Philip Lowe addresses the Commonwealth Bank's Australasian Fixed Income conference in Sydney. ...

Singapore CPF tightens fee caps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... will apply to all funds in the scheme. Funds that do not comply will not be allowed to accept CPFIS investments. The CPF Board said, in a statement, that, the fee cap move is part of their continuous effort to maximise investment outcome for CPF memb ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... think, somewhere, yesterday, that banks were oblivious to Bitcoin and I was thinking: that's interesting, because our entire board and our entire management team sat and listened for an hour to the CEO of the world's leading Bitcoin exchange in the premises ...

RG146 "insufficient" on tax education: IPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... advisers with the required skills to perform their role competently," the IPA said in a submission to the Tax Practitioner Board (TPB). The organisation asked that financial advisers providing tax advice should be required to have the same level of Australian ...

Cyber risks for local wealth sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Growth of cyber risks has prompted insurance brokers Marsh to appoint a specialist national manager focused on the growing risk product class. The broking group has just announced that Susan Elias will join them as National Manager - Cyber, in the company's ...