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Chief investment officer leaves industry fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... Frontier Investment Consulting as a senior asset consultant, and sat on the investment committee of the Financial Services Council for two years. Earlier this year legalsuper grew its member service capability with a spate of appointments, and renewed ...

Culture change must not be a fad: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... wherever possible, reports from Prudential Inquiries and similar investigations." On the back of Byres speech, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) released an update suite of governance guidelines on Friday, designed to "sharpen ...

Mental health tops TPD claims

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... of condition, according to the latest six-monthly analysis of life insurance data collected by the Financial Services Council and KPMG. The FSC claims the data collection initiative is "unsurpassed anywhere in the world" and for the first time reveals ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... feel the FPA and AFA have achieved nothing, are conflicted and simply rollover and bow to whatever the Financial Services Council dictates. Advisers' livelihoods are on the line and no one is representing advisers," the UFAA said. The group claims ...

Macquarie, Tasplan and QIC shuffle airports

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... The airport was the world's first dedicated business aviation airport to be granted carbon neutral status by Airports Council International, and hosts one of the aviation industry's most prestigious annual events, the Farnborough International Airshow. ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... out of time to see the fruits of his new stimulative policies before his term expires on October 31. The ECB Governing Council will meet one more time - October 24 - under his leadership. Chances are there'll be no major announcements, especially ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... and we all have an obligation to work together to ensure it is operating as well as it can be." The Financial Services Council took a similar view, with chief executive Sally Loane adding the default once system recommended by both the Royal Commission ...

Chief executive bonuses unscathed by public perception

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... over half of ASX100 chief executives receiving at least 70% of their maximum entitlement. A report from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors revealed bonuses were at the second highest level in the 18-year history of its annual pay study. ...

One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
The Financial Services Council echoed the advice of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in its call for a "significant" simplification of the regulatory system for tax and financial advisers. In a submission to the independent review of the Tax Practitioner's ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... converge to a level sufficiently close to, but below, 2% within our projection horizon," it said. "Second, the Governing Council decided to restart net purchases under its asset purchase programme (APP) at a monthly pace of €20 billion as from November ...