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First Super appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
First Super recently appointed a Djab Wurrung elder and indigenous leader as an independent director to its board. Joining the $2.6 billion fund's board from September is Tim Chatfield. He is currently the chief executive of a successful Aboriginal ...

Prime accounts called into question by auditor

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
Listed wealth and accounting firm Prime Financial Group's directors said they were "deeply disappointed" that the group's independent auditor was unable to provide an opinion of Prime's annual report due to insufficient audit evidence. William Buck ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... boost by the tax reductions but growth and activity are doing nicely thank you very much. Everybody loves a tax cut but the extra boost to incomes would be eroded by higher inflation and ever higher interest rates.

Trusted advice solves investor confusion: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... say they prefer safety over performance yet have expectations of annual returns of 9.6% above inflation, without taking on extra risk. "Australian investors say that they expect annual returns of 9.6% above inflation, which is a goal that would absolutely ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
The overall performance of the active management industry is clouded by some well-known and widely-used benchmarks, according to Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... super is the number one issue in superannuation today - it is leaving Australians short of savings at retirement and placing extra pressure on the Age Pension," he said. The Bill would introduce significant new safeguards as soon as 1 July 2018 and these ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
Only one thing is certain about floating exchange rates, they float...up and down. A currency's direction would be easier to predict if, and only if, it does not stir up reactions in the macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Financial advisers will see a raft of new courses around ethics and integrity as these issues come to the fore ahead of the code of ethics to be introduced from the industry's new regulatory body. Ramping up efforts in ethics education is a bold move ...

Hastings loses $2.1bn fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
Unitholders including large super funds, insurance companies and family offices voted to remove Hastings Funds Management as the portfolio manager for a $2.1 billion infrastructure fund. Following an extraordinary meeting with trustee Gardior, unitholders ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
The Future Fund expects to grow to more than $200 billion over the next decade, enough to cover all unfunded superannuation liabilities of the Commonwealth though the whole of this century. Results for 2016-17 released this morning show the $133 billion ...