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SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
First State Super, ING Direct and La Trobe Financial received the top awards at the Financial Standard MAX Forum, which took place yesterday in Sydney. The MAX Awards recognise thought leaders and innovators in sales and marketing within the financial ...

AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its 2014/15 mentoring program, an annual initiative aimed at promoting professional standards and giving advice to young advisers. AFA GenXt National chair Fraser Jack said the mentoring program ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The NSW government parliamentary caucus has agreed to a sell-off part of its state's electricity poles and wires distribution network, with an expected sale price of $20 billion to be presented to institutional investors. The agreement was reached after ...

Power sell off approved by NSW govt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The NSW government has approved the multi-billion dollar partial sale of its electricity network assets and will take the controversial policy to the next election. Coalition MPs agreed to privatise 49 per cent of the poles and wires assets on 99-year ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Palmer United Party and a handful of fringe party senators will be critical to the approval of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have begun ...

AusSuper grants London property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) to manage its London office property investment strategy. TH Real Estate, which is 60% owned by TIAA-CREF and 40% by Henderson Global Investors, already manages AustralianSuper's ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
AMP Capital's new fossil fuel screening criteria will have little direct impact on investments, resulting in just two divestments and the exclusion of only one extra ASX 200-listed Australian company from the 'investible universe'. Yesterday AMP Capital ...

Growth of institutional infrastructure demand revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Global institutional investors have plunged $439 billion into direct infrastructure projects in the last four years, according to research from alternatives research house Preqin. Preqin's latest research estimates that institutions have invested directly ...

CBA integrates online business banking with MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has taken its campaign to become a major player in employer superannuation up a notch, integrating its business banking services and MySuper product on its online banking tool, NetBank. The integration of the two ...