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ASIC needs to focus on prevention, not cure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... from the Public Service Act so that it would be less restricted in its hiring practices. A live poll conducted at the conference showed that nearly 80% of participants felt ASIC did not have the skills or expertise to be an effective regulator.

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... largest export market accounting for 4% of all exports. Resource sector in Canada to create 65,000 jobs A report by the Conference Board of Canada into the Canadian resources sector says despite volatility in the sector that it still projects the industry ...

No more inquiries, says FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... subsequent reviews and inquiries of inquiries," she added. Loane debuted new findings from Tria Investment Partners at the conference which showed that the past five years of reform have cost the industry $2.75 billion - costs, she noted, which were ...

Time to review MySuper effectiveness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... the solution they were looking for," Latto said. This will form one of the key discussions at WSSA's second annual conference in Sydney next month, alongside concerns over MySuper investment options, "which have been driven towards a passive investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... inflation rate was at 1.6%. US consumer confidence Perhaps they haven't heard of Brexit yet when they were polled by the Conference Board for US consumer confidence jumped from 92.4 in May to a higher than expected reading of 98.0 - the highest since ...

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... current growth-like returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual conference in Melbourne this week, and produced at a time when super funds have doubled their exposure to alternative assets between 2007 ...

AFA signs former PM for national conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... Financial Advisers (AFA) has revealed the first of its plenary speakers who will open the AFA 2016 National Adviser Conference. Former Prime Minister John Howard will headline the plenary speakers, discussing the role of world leaders in a new century ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... from 0.1% foreseen in March), 1.3% next year and 1.6% in 2018 - both unchanged from its March forecasts. In his press conference, ECB president Mario Draghi stressed that, "looking ahead, taking into account the current outlook for price stability, the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... University of Michigan consumer sentiment index in May - up to 94.7 from 89 in April - has prompted expectations that the Conference Board measure of consumer mood would produce the same lift. It did not. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index ...

Super needs to pick up its retirement game

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... risk. This was one of the key views presented by BT general manager superannuation Melinda Howes at a recent industry conference in Sydney. Howes said there are two complexities holding back Australia's retirement system: a diversity of investment outcomes ...