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O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... insurance premiums unduly eroding retirement savings. Kelly O'Dwyer expressed her frustration with the industry's inertia at yesterday's Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney. She is "convinced" trustees are not taking their ...

Industry responds to latest FASEA guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... fill any holes found in the educational pathway guidance issued by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority yesterday. In acknowledging FASEAs statement, the Association of Financial Advisers told members it would like to see further changes ...

Former UniSuper investment analyst joins AustralianSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... and a senior research at Rothschild. He has also held roles at PwC, BlackRock and Statistics New Zealand. As reported yesterday, AustralianSuper - along with Australian Ethical, First State Super, Kinetic Super, Sunsuper and VicSuper - was one of the ...

Long-standing Djerriwarrh executive retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... Guy has put forward 19 April 2018 as his retirement date, Djerriwarrh chairman John Paterson said in a company filing yesterday. Guy is a director of Infrastructure Specialist Asset Management Limited and a former chairman of Victoria Legal Aid. Djeriwarrh ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... structures; and improve accountability and transparency. Scheerlinck told the Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane yesterday that super industry professionals must maintain focus on achieving the best outcomes for members, despite the seeming ...

REIT sells Cromwell stake for $406 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... million shares or about 3% of its stake in Cromwell following the sale. The remaining stake was worth $60 million, as of yesterday. Cromwell's pipeline projects will still offer benefits in the future, the REIT believes. "All our offshore assets are ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
"You may have noticed that at yesterday's meeting, the Reserve Bank Board left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, where it has been since August 2016." This is what RBA Governor Philip Lowe told his audience at the Australian Financial Review Business ...

Former FPA chief steps down from board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... industry body, stepping down from the board to make way for a new director. Completing his term as a board director yesterday, Mark Rantall was FPA chief executive from July 2010 to February 2016 before stepping down to pursue a career as a professional ...

Conflicted SMSF auditor disqualified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... commissioner John Price said. "ASIC will continue to take action where the conduct of SMSF auditors is inadequate." Yesterday ASIC also applied to the Federal Court to appoint a Deloitte partner to liquidate a Perth-based self-managed super fund business. ...

CBA affirms BBSW position

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... allegations in relation to trading which allegedly affected the Bank Bill Swap Rate on six occasions in 2012. CBA said yesterday that ASIC lodged an updated Statement of Claim to the Federal Court and the banking group is reviewing the claim. "The Commonwealth ...