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Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...

Centuria creates key roles to support growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Centuria Capital has created three new top roles to support the business's growth in unlisted property and in the development and distribution of its recently-launched investment bonds. Former AMP executive Neil Rogan has been appointed general manager ...

Compare the pair ads fail to excite members

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Television advertisement for superannuation funds is failing to engage with members, who mainly prefer email communication or newspaper advertisement. "Splashing your brand on the TV might be cutting through to members in terms of awareness but it is ...

AMP Capital awarded $250m global infrastructure mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
... ($2.48 billion), with new inflows used to acquire additional assets in OECD countries in sectors such as transport, communication and utilities. Glenn Hubert, one of OPB's private markets' managing directors, said: "We were impressed by AMP Capital's ...

Australia's insatiable online appetite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The appetite of Australian consumers for internet and online services is increasing at ever faster rates, with huge implications for wealth managers and those battling to stay competitive. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... detriment. Facilitate innovative disclosure: Remove regulatory impediments to innovative product disclosure and communication with consumers, and improve the way risk and fees are communicated to consumers. Align the interests of financial firms and ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Industry Super Australia's inverted bid model for infrastructure project development has moved a step closer to becoming a reality, receiving the endorsement of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications. The ...

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will face a Senate grilling after blocking a quarter of a million websites when it was seeking to prevent access to sites associated with investment fraud. A public hearing by the Senate Communications ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
A newly launched simulation and forecasting engine developed by Vanguard has tipped global equities as the most likely asset class to achieve a 6% to 9% annualised return over the next decade. The range is roughly the same level of return targeted by ...

Australia role made redundant in AMP leadership reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
AMP Capital's Australia-based global head of infrastructure, Scott Davies, will be made redundant when a raft of leadership changes come into effect at the end of the year. Davies' departure will make way for a new global head of infrastructure equity ...