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AustralianSuper eyes $1.48bn in Indian infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... through its three funds. It is underpinned by the government but owned by investors which include public and private institutions from around the world. AustralianSuper and the Canadian pension fund's investment is in the third close of NIIF's ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... the Treasury's currency-manipulator monitoring for 14 years, and is now at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, a think tank, notes that China meets only the first of those three conditions." But I digress. The recent exchange ...

More scrutiny for super fund, insurance firm chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... to expand its remit to inquire into the broader financial services sector, as well as examine how well financial institutions are implementing the recommendations of the banking Royal Commission. Financial services associations will also be called upon ...

ASIC reveals advice remediation progress

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... million [see figure 1] in remediation for poor financial advice since the corporate regulator began reviewing how the institutions identified and dealt with non-compliant advice between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2015. FS - Report 515 customer remediation ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... launches over many years with cash, superannuation, annuities, and more recently in the managed accounts space, for institutions including Macquarie Bank and Challenger. "He will bring a great understanding of different styles of financial planning businesses ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... looked to attract overseas investors and about 27% of its $140 billion in funds under management is now from such institutions, IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said in a media briefing this morning. "The $22 billion is in part due to growth in industry ...

APRA proposes new remuneration standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... said. "As our recent response to the industry self-assessments made clear, this remains a weak spot in many financial institutions." Lonsdale clarified that APRA will not be determining how much employees get paid - rather empowering boards to more effectively ...

Ariel Investments promotes president

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... mid-cap value manager, and has evolved to offer defined contribution plans, as well as separately managed accounts for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Hobson commented: "Ariel has been my home for nearly three decades and I am excited about ...

AFCA delivers $83 million win

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... firms. We recognise the importance of making this data open and accessible to the public." Of all Australian financial institutions, banks were the most complained about - with a total of 12,305 complaints levelled at them. General insurers were the ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... offer products with "significantly higher claims ratios," and would continue to collect and publish data to hold institutions to account. "If we do not see early, significant and sustained improvement in the design and sale of consumer credit insurance ...