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China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) panel event, Johnson said it was appropriate to have checked expectations of what the Chinese market might deliver going forward and ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Fund managers have ratcheted up their cash positions to levels not seen since before the financial crisis, the latest global survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows. The July numbers show that cash levels have soared to an average of 5.5%, up ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... review," Pearson said. "Superannuation should not be out of bounds for revision and review. Via a summit or an independent panel of experts, the Government should be taking advice that will halt the obvious and perplexing discrepancies that are emerging ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... She is the chair of Job Futures and sits on the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) external advisory panel. Her previous role was chair of Australian consumer advocacy group Choice where she created the Superannuation Consumers' ...

Top bankers get together for pro bono venture

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Allens partner Diccon Loxton and Deustche Bank chairman for Australia and New Zealand Steven Skala. The bankers will join as panel members and will advise the Adara Group on a select number of transactions and mediations to generate fees that will benefit ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... contract was up three points at 5,623. Locally on Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence ...

New initiative to improve women's economic health

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... personal financial review, and FPA advisers will discuss key investing principles and participate in a Q&A session as part of a panel of financial service professionals. In return participants will be listed in the online directory of Australia's top ...

Former AMP chief executive joins Westpac

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... will support this strategy and complement the board's current skills and experience," Maxstead said. Recently Dunn was a panel member of the federal government's Financial System Inquiry and is a current board member of the government's Financial Literacy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... due out, as is the National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey. Meanwhile, chair of the Competition Policy Review Panel Ian Harper and ACCC chairman Rod Sims are slated to speak at a CEDA event in Brisbane. CEDA NSW Property Market Outlook includes ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... gates: "firstly, to be approved by APRA, secondly to be accepted for default listing by the [Fair Work Commission] FWC Expert Panel, and thirdly to be chosen from the list by the FWC Full Bench." This process, Loane argued, had the effect of preventing ...