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IOOF announces group insurance mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... protection cover. Commenting on the decision, IOOF head of product Chris Weldon said: "We continually strive to provide improvements and competitive products, and this outcome is just one example of our ongoing commitment to deliver the industry's leading ...

New energy benchmark guide for instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... (CalSTRS). ClimateWorks Australia head of research Amandine Denis said the top performing companies had been making steady improvements in their energy management for a number of years and were making the most of energy efficiency opportunities. "Leaders ...

KKR reveals Australian head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... will relocate from Hong Kong to Sydney for the role. Bookmyer joined KKR Capstone in 2002, supporting operational improvements in KKR's North American private equity portfolio. In 2010 he relocated to Hong Kong, serving as chief executive officer of ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... 70," Shorten said. Shorten further announced a range of measures that would see $71 billion of "additional budget improvements over the decade." Labor still proposes a 25% tax cut for small businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million a year, and ...

Royal Commission disruptive to reforms: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... dollars if it were to include advice. The FPA argues that the industry has undertaken and is implementing significant improvements and that a Royal Commission would further delay improvements to the financial planning industry. FPA chief executive Dante ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... manufacturing sector has recovered and if the seven point jump in new orders to 58.3 -- thanks to higher exports - further improvements are in store for the months ahead. This is in contrast with latest Japanese stats. No thanks to yen appreciation that ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... appointment and processes for assessing performance with a view to highlighting better practices, as well as areas where improvements are required in line with accepted principles for sound governance. Finally the prudential regulator will be following ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... back-office work and more time in front of their clients. CFS general manager product and investments, Peter Chun, said the improvements responded directly to adviser feedback: "We spend a lot of time listening to what advisers need and then we work ...

Statewide chair collects AIST Trustee of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... contribution to community awareness of superannuation; and a contribution that creates ground breaking change or improvements, or sets the scene for future changes or improvements.

ASIC tightens Macquarie's AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... Macquarie's procedures for ensuring compliance with the client money requirements of the Act and make recommendations for improvements." Macquarie has filed an application in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and has requested that ASIC delay its decision ...