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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Fairfax Media are also up, following a report in The Australian that the struggling TV network and the publisher have held secret merger talks. Ten added one cent to 21.5 cents while Fairfax put on 1.5 cents to 79.5 cents. Meanwhile, the federal government ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
The Labor Party will consider introducing a ban on life insurance adviser commissions into its policy platform in response to last week's damning report on life risk advice from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at ...

Questions raised about independence of van Eyk board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
One of van Eyk's major shareholders has expressed concern about the make-up of the under-fire research and asset consulting company's board. Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI), which owns a 36% stake in van Eyk, remains concerned that there are currently ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed existing board member Dave Oliver as deputy chair following the departure of Paul Howes, who left the fund's board in July. The vacant board position left by Howes, meanwhile, has been filled by Howes' successor as national ...

PROFILE: ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... profit focused rather than customer focused." As the chief executive of a profit-to-members organisation, McPhee makes no secret of the fact that he thinks the member-owned model is better for customers than the shareholder model. But having worked in ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Financial System Inquiry has enlisted the Actuaries Institute to advise it on possible product solutions that deal with the challenge of longevity. In its submission to the FSI, released today, the Actuaries Institute states: "The Institute is assisting ...

Planners unite to create innovation platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
A group of financial planners and financial services entrepreneurs have united to create an online hub to provide solutions to advice businesses. The businesses behind the newly-created AdviceInnovation are Astute Wealth, The Social Adviser, Complete ...

Leeanne Turner wins FEAL fund executive of the year

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) chief executive Leeanne Turner has won the 2014 fund executive of the year by the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) and AMP Capital. Turner has more than 25 years' experience ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
There is no evidence to suggest Australians abuse their right to withdraw superannuation as a lump sum, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said. Addressing delegates at the Financial Services Council conference, the former treasurer said forcing consumers ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Reports that the US of A and the European Union have expanded the sanctions they've imposed on Russia reminded me of that ancient Spanish torture weapon - the garrotte. Wikipedia describes the garrotte as "a practice of strangulation by which the condemned ...