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Mercer bolsters compliance offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... system by its legal and governance team. These tasks are assigned to individuals and progress and compliance status of each task can be monitored and reported on. When changes are made to legislation, Mercer updates the system and alerts clients to new ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The first budget of the Turnbull government will impact financial services companies operating right across the Australian wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's ...

Ausbil wins industry fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Ausbil Investment Management has been awarded an Australian equity mandate by a prominent industry super fund. Prime Super has tasked the fund manager with managing $100 million through its Australian Active Equity Strategy. Managed by chief executive ...

Turnbull highlights ASIC resources boost in Parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Reiterating that the regulator is the "tough cop on the beat," the Prime Minister has suggested in Parliament that ASIC will be given greater resources as part of a capability review. Responding to Labor MP Clare O'Neil's question about whether Government ...

Charities must go corporate or face extinction: Koda

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... strategies. "These nimble start-ups can eclipse more established non-profits and disrupt the entire sector. "The most important task of a non-profit board is to prepare its organisation for the future and today's charity directors face a future that ...

New framework for in-house investing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... pockets of a fund's investments, such as one component within particular asset class portfolios," Warren said. He added a key task for funds is to identify and mitigate the risks associated with managing assets in-house, and there are strategies for ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... deterioration in economic activity - except for Australia (ehem, ehem)... and the US (but more on this later). It's a humongous task to try to list them all on this space. But thanks to JP Morgan's Global PMI survey, we get an overview of the latest ...

FIIG appoints new WA director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... responsible for growing FIIG's business in WA with a focus on middle markets, private clients and intermediaries. His first task will be to oversee the recruitment of new staff to support the continued growth of the Perth office. Before joining FIIG ...

Financial services jobs at risk of automation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
A new report released by the CSIRO predicts that 44% of jobs currently performed by Australian workers are at risk of automation, especially routine jobs within the services industry such as in the financial sector. The CSIRO report, "Tomorrow's Digitally ...

Productivity Commission should focus on Choice underperformance: AIST

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia has said that the Productivity Commission Review of superannuation should focus on the underperformance of funds in the Choice sector. Specifically, Garcia recommended that the ...