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LUCRF Super appoints new CFO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
A former HOSTPLUS executive is the new chief financial officer at LUCRF Super. Therese Kenny, most recently group executive, finance and investment operations at HOSTPLUS, has been appointed to lead LUCRF's finance team in financial, taxation, budgetary ...

Interim chief executive leaves listed advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
The acting chief executive of a listed financial services group will depart at the end of the year. In a statement to the ASX, Spring Financial Group announced that it has accepted the resignation of its chief operating officer and head of advice Frank ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... policy detail and speculations as to whether or not it would be passed by Congress - given its negative impact on the US Budget deficit. Reuters reports that: "The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington-based policy group, estimated ...

BEAR cracks down on executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... flagged stricter accountability obligations for banking and authorised deposit taking institutions (ADI) in this year's Budget. A chief executive from a large bank could have 40% of total remuneration deferred (or 60% of variable remuneration, whichever ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... greater, with every $US10 a tonne change impacting tax receipts by $3.9 billion and nominal GDP by $13.4 billion." In its Budget Papers 2017-18 (released in May this year), the Treasury assumed the price of iron ore "to decline from a recent average ...

The risk of under-insurance is real: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
Ignore the noise, the benefits of insurance in super far outweigh the negatives for claims recipients and the budget bottom line alike, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes. In a report released by the association today, director ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... questions on news recall. Here Westpac notes that consumers viewed news on all fronts as unfavourable - economic conditions; budget and taxation; interest rates; inflation; jobs and international conditions. "...consumers rated news on inflation and ...

Hands off super: SMSFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... the Government to get industry consensus on the objective for superannuation and to remove superannuation from the annual budget policy cycle." Quoting from the association's submission to the Productivity Commission's Superannuation Issues Paper, Maroney ...

FPA supports children's financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has partnered with an 'edtech' start-up to help boost financial literacy skills of young Australians. Schools that are referred to Banqer via FPA members will be able to access online interactive programs ...

Centrepoint forms fintech alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
A newly-formed fintech partnership will enable Centrepoint Alliance financial advisers to develop stronger client relationships as well as provide tools to promote shared responsibility for the client's financial situation. A full-service money management ...