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WA Super appoints Shanahan as chair

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... of the current chairman, Nick Catania, who will step down at the end of June this year. Shanahan has been chairman of the board's Compliance and Risk Management Committee since 2004. Shanahan has 25 years' of experience with government, industry and ...

Van Eyk expands research team

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... chief investment officer, da Silva. "We're extremely pleased to have such capable, talented and motivated individuals on board," da Silva said. "As a team we're committed to the delivery of rigorous, thoughtful research that will add value to our clients." ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... 28 points at 5,373. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its February board meeting and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases January's international merchandise imports data. In equities news ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... funds." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees also supported minimal levels of disclosure, saying: "The AIST Board has resolved to support minimum disclosure of the top 50 publicly-held assets, and to encourage funds to develop data tools ...

Certified financial planners report higher profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... study was conducted by independent researchers Comparator and the results were released by the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international CFPA(R) Certification Program. The study surveyed 92 financial services firms in 12 territories ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... role "came as a bit of a surprise" and added that "these things can be opportunities for everybody." He revealed that the board will be meeting in March to "think through" what kind of managing director the company need and also to define the next steps. ...

AIST adopts middle ground on board structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... position were adopted by the government, super funds would not be under any legal pressure to change the structure of their board.

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... such an increase". You and I know what she's talking about - it's about the 6.5% unemployment rate "threshold" the Fed's Board of Governors set back in December 2012. That no longer applies. It's not a trigger. Yellen's Fed would now be "looking at a ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Group insurance risk management will be top of the agenda in a number of thematic reviews to be carried out by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), according to the regulator's general manager Greg Brunner. Speaking at the Australian ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... does forward guidance about the Federal Reserve's target for the federal funds rate support the economic recovery ?,"A the Board of Governors explained how they arrived at this number. "The 6-1/2 percent threshold for the unemployment rate should not ...