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Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... pre-Christmas cheer. Infrastructure spending would boost jobs and improve productive capacity in the US economy and now (if not yesterday) is precisely the right time to spend when interest rates are at a bargain. More jobs - and tax cuts -- beget more ...

Is default super dated?

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... FSC supports a design that allows all consumers to choose their own superannuation fund. Revealing its PC submission yesterday, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said: "We need a new, modernised, competitive and market-based superannuation system which ...

New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... same transaction, it wouldn't be Australian sourced. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said yesterday the "industry has indicated concern that the current withholding tax regime will inhibit the sector's international competitiveness ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... transactions. Westpac Institutional Bank executive director and head of structured finance, Greg Parker, made the commitment yesterday at a presentation of annual results for The Benevolent Society's Social Benefit Bond. Parker said the positive outcomes ...

Round of redundancies in IOOF product distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... Speaking to Financial Standard, IOOF general manager, distribution Mark Oliver confirmed that the restructure announced yesterday will see key members from the company's state-based distribution teams exiting the company next week, while some other roles ...

Self-auditing SMSF auditor caught in ASIC breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Advisers should be careful when engaging a SMSF auditor following another disqualification by ASIC yesterday. Pierre Jarjoura of New South Wales has been disqualified after the regulator found he had breached independence and audit requirements, determining ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... with around $10 billion still invested via superannuation alone. Speaking at an Altius Asset Management event in Sydney yesterday, chief executive of Tobacco Free Portfolios Dr Bronwyn King said while exposure to tobacco through individual super funds ...

Narev points to GFC for bank dissatisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev. Speaking at a lunch hosted by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney yesterday, Narev discussed the changing nature of consumer expectations of the banking system and recent heightened scrutiny, admitting ...

Institutions grappling with risk culture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... articulate what type of risk culture they aspire to have, let alone how they will address weaknesses. In a paper released yesterday, APRA said the inability of institutions to communicate their risk management processes and improvements showed it was ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... systemic problems in the industry. Several life insurers welcomed the Code issued by the Financial Services Council (FSC) yesterday, but Slater and Gordon said its misses the mark. National practice group leader of Slater and Gordon's insurance and superannuation ...