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Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... financial and non-financial support to the elderly outside of pensions. Overall, pension systems have improved across the board since 2010, with the original group of 14 countries included in the 2010 study improving their score on average by almost ...

Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... business) prior to its acquisition by the Commonwealth Bank. He has made an important contribution over many years and the Board wish to thank him for his loyal service." Spurr said, "After nearly 18 years working in the Count family, I feel the time ...

AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
The AFA approved a new board of directors during the annual general meeting yesterday and announced that current AFA national president Michael Nowak will hand over to former AFA treasurer Deborah Kent. Kent will hold the role of AFA president for two ...

TWUSUPER appoints new CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... acting chief executive. Sayer said that he was looking forward to taking up the position. "I look forward to working with the Board and staff as well as the TWU and the various Employer Associations to deliver a superior product to the TWUSUPER members," ...

Former GESB head of investments joins JANA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... as a senior consultant. Between 2009 and 2014 Dwyer was head of investments at the $18 billion Government Employees Super Board (GESB) in Western Australia. At GESB, Dwyer oversaw the investments team and was responsible for the management of GESB's ...

Damien Mu elected to FSC board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
AIA chief executive Damien Mu has been elected to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Mu has been with AIA since 2007, and was appointed as chief executive in July this year. Prior to his time at AIA Mu was operations manager for AustralianSuper ...

Findex close to acquiring Crowe Howarth

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... best interests of Crowe Horwath shareholders. Grant Samuel has been appointed to advise. "After careful consideration, the Board has unanimously concluded that the proposal from Findex is a compelling value proposition offering Crowe Horwath shareholders ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,250. After rising for four months, the Conference Board index of US consumer confidence fell to 86.0 from 93.4 in August due to mounting concerns about the jobs market. Other reports ...

Morningstar names two new analysts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Australasian manager research team. CFA accredited Daniel Cheang joins as a senior analyst while Matthew Wu has come on board as an analyst. They are responsible for undertaking research on Australian and New Zealand managed funds, listed investment ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former BlackRock MD

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... Australia in 2007. He left BlackRock in February this year after a four year period as managing director. He joined the board of Implemented Portfolios in Sydney back in June and has indicated his belief that the company's business represents an effective ...