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Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... recommendations. It suggested that, in order to attain policy stability in superannuation, the government should establish an agency similar to the New Zealand Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income. "The benefit of the NZ model," it ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... the panel. Ludwig served under United States President Bill Clinton comptroller of the Currency, the head of the federal agency responsible for supervising the majority of US banking assets. Schapiro served as the 29th chair of the US Securities and ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... "Obama Authorizes Air Strikes, Humanitarian Aid in Iraq".... which started Putin laughing. On 8 August, ITAR-TASS News Agency printed that, "President Vladimir Putin has assembled an urgent meeting with permanent members of Russian Security Council on ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... of its 17-18 June policy meeting, the FOMC announced that, "Beginning in July, the Committee will add to its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $15 billion per month rather than $20 billion per month, and will add to its holdings ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Ratings agency S&P has been denied leave to appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of 91 council, charities and church groups which lost at least $180 million when AAA-rated investments went sour in the wake of the global financial crisis. The judgement ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

Future Fund staff bonuses stun public sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... commonwealth bureaucracy following publication of the performance bonuses received by staff employed at the Future Fund Management Agency. While details of the bonuses were disclosed in the FFMA 2012-13 annual report they were only recently published ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... over 25,000 votes that determined the winners of this year's MAX Awards. This edition included two new categories, Best Agency of the Year (awarded to independent advertising agency Banjo) and Best Innovation Campaign of the Year, which was awarded to ...

Future Fund names new managing director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
David Neal has been appointed managing director of the Future Fund Management Agency, effective from 4 August. Neal, who has been chief investment officer of the Future Fund since July 2007, was the favourite to succeed Mark Burgess, who left the top ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... The leading investment managers dominating the asset class are IFM Investors, Macquarie, QIC, the Future Fund Management Agency and AMP Capital Investors. The largest super funds with infrastructure holdings are AustralianSuper, State Super NSW, HESTA ...