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High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... superannuation savings are in good hands, there can be no grounds for complacency. We hope these Awards act as an additional incentive to the people in charge of investing retirement savings of ordinary Australians to continue to pursue excellence". ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... listed vehicles. Exposure to commodities has doubled to $672 million. Contributions received through the low income incentive scheme accounted for $685 million through the 12 month period but has plummeted since December 2013 and March 2014 perhaps due ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... collected last year. He will also be eligible for short-term bonuses worth about $2.686 million as well as long-term incentive payments. Hartzer is due to start work in the bank's top job on 2 February, and will be required to give 12-months' notice ...

Gail Kelly steps down as Westpac CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... collected last year. He will also be eligible for short-term bonuses worth about $2.686 million as well as long-term incentive payments. Hartzer is due to start work in the bank's top job on February 2, and will be required to give 12-month's notice ...

TAL lobbies for annuity regulation change

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Life insurer TAL has argued in favour of regulatory changes to income stream products in a detailed response to the Treasury's 'Review of retirement income stream regulation' discussion paper. TAL said that regulation "should be broadened to enable ...

ASIC to crack down on big four, AMP and Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... gatekeeper conduct in this sector. "We remain concerned about the culture of financial services businesses, and the incentive structures they use. A financial services business should have policies, processes and procedures in place to comply with their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with modest gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... weakness in the labour market. A rate increase could hurt Asian markets by making them vulnerable to a sell-off, as the incentive for investors to seek higher yields in regional markets is reduced. Tokyo fell 0.23 per cent, or 36.76 points, to 15,911.53 ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... the independence of advice delivery, product selection and service offerings." To EY, "these include remuneration or incentive structures, APL design and execution, the way advice is priced and KPIs regarding internal product sales." The submission asked ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds with MySuper products should be allowed to extend their default offering into retirement, and should include annuities in that offering, Challenger has told the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its second submission to the FSI ...