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Banks support the "original" FoFA intent: ABA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... largely on consumer protection. The ABA came out shortly after Industry Super Australia (ISA) accused banks of lobbying to water down the law and to reintroduce commissions in general advice. The bankers' organisation argued that the sector is only seeking ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Districts Hospital. He also singled out Kwinana Bulk Terminal, the Utah Point facility at Port Hedland Port, the TAB and the Water Corporation's assets. While many of these assets are likely to attract the interest of large individual super funds or ...

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... E and the S. The carbon footprint of the ESG version is less than half that of the vanilla Smartbeta product, while the water intensity is almost an eighth of the vanilla version. On the social front, AXA IM said the 0% of the companies included in the ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... relationship," FinaMetrica co-founder Paul Resnik said. "In the next market fall, the financial adviser could end up in hot water with both the lower risk tolerant partner and possibly with regulators if they recommended risky investments without the ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

Westpac weighs in on FoFA debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... of advice." "We do not agree with concerns raised by certain parties that the amendments to the best interests' duty will water down the obligation and reduce consumer protection." The inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... disclose to New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell that he stood to earn a $10 to $20 million commission if Australian Water Holdings (AWH) won its bid to participate in a public private partnership. Answering questions at the Independent Commission ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on the board of AWH ...

Blue Sky Water appoints investment director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Blue Sky Water Partners, a division of Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited, has appointed Michael Blakeney as investment director. Blue Sky said Blakeney brings considerable management and investment experience across a range of agricultural enterprises ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Australia's life insurance sector has experienced an increase in claims and policy lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has created a perfect storm that has seen insurers' profits plummet. ...