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Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, and Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, are sharing their insights on the financial planning industry at two separate AFA luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... business, investors and taxpayers - commenting that "it's about Main Street, not just Wall Street." In a press statement, Joe Dear, Council of Institutional Investors chair and chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
International equities fund manager, Wingate Asset Management, has appointed former ANZ Bank chief economist Saul Eslake to the investment advisory committee. Eslake was chief economist for 15 years at ANZ Bank and, prior to that, worked as chief economist ...

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... banning of sales commissions, the Committee didn't need to as fiduciary responsibility is highly likely - as highlighted by Joe Hockey shadow treasurer in his speech to the FPA conference last week - to be incompatible with such remuneration models. ...

Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, said the Liberal Party does not agree with banning commissions, arguing that mandating planners to have a fiduciary obligation towards their clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... - a new video program that showcases CalPERS expert on key issues. One example is that of CalPERS chief investment officer Joe Dear who talked about the recovery of the investment portfolio and the importance of financial market reforms. As part of its ...

CalPERS portfolio drops 23pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... year ago but fell to around $190 billion in March this year before recovering by $24 billion in the following three months. Joe Dear, chief investment officer at CalPERS, said the result is not surprising and CalPERS remains well funded. "The system ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Government is creating an "800-pound gorilla" in the market that could drive up the cost of financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... et al failed to convince Wall Street that the end is nigh primarily because they were unconvinced themselves. Remember VP Joe's ponderings about a Stimulus Mark II? You're right Virginia, there were other news out last night that Wall Street could have ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... the headlines when it warned that it could downgrade the UK's country debt rating. This time no less than US Vice President Joe Biden is pondering a second stimulus. This is backed by Laura Tyson - a member of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory ...