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AustralianSuper appoints European property manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... its direct office and retail property investment strategy in Europe. Rockspring Property Investment Managers' mandate will focus on large office buildings, either standalone or part of larger mixed-use schemes, AustralianSuper said. Australia's largest ...

Investors should take responsibility for themselves: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... whistleblowers; we have enhanced what we were doing then," Medcraft said. "We welcome the inquiry; we see it as an opportunity to focus on issues such as competency, training and a register for advisers. We see it as constructive. We'll see what happens." ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... Rating for stocks." Morningstar has assigned ANZ Bank an exemplary stewardship rating, reflecting the bank's "impressive focus on increasing shareholder returns and successful execution of strategy."

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas has neared a deal with US prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... Parliament House in Canberra, Dr David Gruen, the Commonwealth Treasury's executive director macroeconomic group, said, "the key focus of superannuation should be retirement income not wealth accumulation". This distorted emphasis has allowed fees to ...

Affinia hires regional business consultants

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
TAL-backed Affinia Financial Advisers has appointed one business consultant for Victoria and Tasmania, and one for Western Australia and South Australia. Nadia Docker will be in charge of Victoria and Tasmania, while Natalie Pegg will look after Western ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... Parliament House in Canberra, Dr David Gruen, the Commonwealth Treasury's executive director macroeconomic group, said, "the key focus of superannuation should be retirement income not wealth accumulation". This distorted emphasis has allowed fees to ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

Westfield restructure gets green light, UniSuper to retain holding

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Group's Australian assets will now be merged with those of WRT to create a new company called Scentre, allowing Westfield to focus on managing and developing its international businesses, which includes major shopping centres in the UK and US. Westfield ...

Government to pass most FoFA changes through regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The government is intending to approve most changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law through regulation first, despite Labor and the Greens strong opposition to the amendments. Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann issued a response to the ...