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Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... central command could dictate to the heavens - it ensured a rain free Olympics in 2008 and China skies are cleared again this week for the 70th anniversary commemoration of its victory against Japan - which it cannot threaten with a head roll, what more ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... aren't. They're not because of the political and policy - what policy? - uncertainty in Australia. A fact highlighted at this week's National Reform Summit in Sydney. We're "sleepwalking into a real mess" is how ex-Treasury head Martin Parkinson put ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... valuations," Pillemer said. PanAgora chief investment officer and head of research, equity, George Mussalli, is in Australia this week to meet with the investor, research and investment consulting community. PanAgora Asset Management manages about $53 ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... needed for a comfortable retirement as suggested by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) earlier this week. Club Plus Super chief executive, Paul Cahill, said tax refunds are by no means a permanent fix to the looming shortfall ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... government agencies and indigenous Australians will be a priority when a working group meets with politicians in Canberra this week. Members of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group will meet with both Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Shadow ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
This week's top industry moves include Findex hiring a former ANZ executive, State Street and iShares boosting their sales teams and Kinetic super creating the role of head of product. - Findex appoints former ANZ exec - Findex appointed Peter Gardiner ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... US dollar goes up, so does the yuan vis-A -vis other currencies - the 8.3% drop in Chinese exports reported earlier this week bears witness to the erosion in export competitiveness wrought by the yuan's strength; the yuan's strength also explains slowing ...

Executive appointment round-up

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... chief executive of Asia Pacific, global investment management. These are among the list of the biggest industry moves this week. UniSuper appoints legal specialists - Further developing its insourcing business model, industry fund UniSuper has appointed ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are AMP Capital appointing a new managing director and former Challenger chief executive Chris Cuffe becoming chair of Atrium Investment Management. AMP Capital appoints new MD - Adam Tindall, currently director ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... and funded a program in ethical literacy along with not-for-profit organisation The Ethics Centre. The program starts this week with 500 AMP planners, who will receive four weeks of online and face to face training, including two full day workshops and ...