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Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... while" according to John Price, ASIC senior executive leader, strategy and policy. Speaking at yesterday's ASIC summer school discussion on the impact of FOFA, Price referenced the 2006 shadow shop survey on super advice, which revealed shoddy advice ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... growing the resilience of the Australian regulatory perimeter by Greg Medcraft, chairman of ASIC. Speaking at the ASIC Summer School in Sydney this morning, Medcraft said that the shift in savings from the banking sector to superannuation would result ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... that the Greeks are up in arms. Two days ago, they were on the streets again, and walking out again, resulting in bank and school closures, disruptions to public transportation and minimum hospital services. But while there's an air of caution in the ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... economist for Principal Global Investors, Tim Harcourt, chief economist of Australian Global Economics at the UNSW Australian School of Business, Clifford Bennett, chief economist at White Crane Group, and Saul Eslake, chief economist at Bank of America ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... and Melbourne this week. Speaker Tim Harcourt, chief economist for Australian and Global Economics at the UNSW Australian School of Business, said China, South East Asia and increasingly India, remain extremely important for Australian business in 2012. ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
At this year's ASX Schools Sharemarket Games, the 60,000 participating school students showed that they have only half the skill of professionals investment managers. The results should come as welcome relief to managed funds investors throughout Australia ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... and simplified. As if to follow suit, Fierce Finance news reported that two professors at the University of Minnesota Law school have proposed an alternative rule that would be much more efficient and cause less coolateral damage. "[Bank directors should] ...

US Girl Scouts launch financial literacy merit badge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... lifestyle skils such as budgeting, comparison shopping and good credit practice. Harper told Moneyland that the average school curriculum doesn't teach enough of these skills and something needs to be done about it. The financial literacy merit badge ...

FICAP on course for another successful fundraising event

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... charity partners." FICAP's newest charity partner, YWCA NSW, created the FICAP Voices mentoring program for Blairmount Public School in South West Sydney. The program will see children in years five and six paired with an adult mentor for one session ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... allocations but retirement income replacement ratios, said Dr Larry Beeferman, from the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. "If someone is in a default investment, should it be a default income level at retirement where you effectively ...