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Social infra to become core investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... and an ageing population will spur investment in social infrastructure. Speaking at the Property Funds Association conference, Arena REIT managing director Rob de Vos said: "An ageing population and proportionately fewer tax payers will create challenges ...

What will super funds get from the ASX CHESS replacement?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... assets benefit? That's a question ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens addressed at the annual Macquarie Australia conference. "I would suggest that it is quite a low bar to expect that fully implemented, a DLT [distribution ledger technology] system ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... played out over the last nine months. Fairley and Catholic Super chair Danny Casey met at a dinner during the CMSF conference last March in Brisbane. "We started talking about what our funds were doing, we became acquaintances and then friends. We went ...

Members dismiss intra-fund advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... involve a related pension fund," ASIC said. Industry Funds Services (IFS) chief executive Cath Bowtell flagged at the Conference of Major Super Funds in March that a working group is underway to urge regulators to expand the definition of intra-fund ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... depends on the wages outlook. A question that Luci Ellis, RBA Assistant Governor (Economic), tried to address at the ABE Conference in February: "How much and how quickly will they [wages] pick up?" "So far, though, the response to that difficulty has ...

Poor governance spurs calls for directorship caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... boards fulfil their duties and drive sustainable performance. Appearing at the Financial Executive Women Leadership Conference in Sydney last month, BMFS Consulting managing director Sarah Brennan said it is unlikely a non-executive director could truly ...

Chief economist update: ECB digs deeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... whatever it takes. When European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi spoke at 'The ECB and Its Watchers XX' conference in Frankfurt on March 27, he concluded his speech emphasising that, "... the ECB will adopt all the monetary policy actions ...

NFP intra-fund advice is not a distribution channel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... profit-to-member funds are in a strong position to provide quality, low-cost advice to members. Bowtell flagged at the recent Conference of Major Super Funds that current intra-fund advice rules should be overhauled and industry associations are starting ...

New Zealand investors call for action after attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... being backed up by the Australian and New Zealand governments. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a press conference last week: "We are working on new laws that would seek to apply criminal penalties to companies that don't act in the ...

FEW recognises Thalia Stanley Group founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... mentorship. Marion Mays won the Positive Progression of Women Award at the annual Financial Executive Women Leadership Conference, which was held in Sydney on March 28 and co-hosted by Macquarie and PEXA. The award recognises the positive progression ...