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Key executives depart ANZ ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Two executives have stepped down from their roles as co-heads of ANZ ETFs, the joint venture between ANZ and ETF Securities. Only four months after announcing the partnership, ANZ ETFs co-head and head of distribution Danny Laidler and co-head and chief ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Finance Sector Union (FSU) national secretary Fiona Jordan is expected to know more about her future today after making seething comments on the union's executive earlier this week. The FSU's national executive is reported to be meeting today and is ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Portfolio diversification and a greater allocation to growth assets are likely to help retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The market share consolidation of Australia's four biggest wholesale insurers (TAL, AIA Australia, CommInsure and Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
When it comes to appointing more women in senior management, super funds have done far better than listed companies, but given the talent pool left untapped, trustees can do more to fix the gender gap within their ranks. Back in 2010, Financial Standard ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... from 22% in the 2014 financial year. A spokesperson for Challenger said the decision to put annuities on platforms was in part a response to growing demand, and in part a response to the emphasis on a need for more retirement income products in the Financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after falls in most commodity prices and a fairly flat finish for Wall Street stocks. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,611. Locally, earning ...

AMP on hunt for new senior researchers after departure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
AMP Financial Services has reshuffled its AMP Advice Research team and is on the hunt for two execs after a key staff departure. Manager of fund research in the AMP Advice Research team Jeff Poe has departed to become a partner at Platinum Accounting. ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... Medicare fees will also be paused. Surprisingly, around three-quarters of families receiving family assistance receive both Part A and Part B payments. The Family Tax Benefit Part B income threshold will be reduced to $100,000. For a typical family receiving ...