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Westpac appoints deputy CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
Westpac Group has created the role of deputy chief executive officer to address strategic issues such as the Financial System Inquiry and regulatory change. The current chief financial officer Phil Coffey will start in the new role of deputy chief executive ...

Government must recycle brownfield infra: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged federal and state governments to adopt the capital recycling model for infrastructure development to attract superannuation investment. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure ...

ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Pension withdrawal trends demonstrate that self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are using their funds responsibly, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). According to Australian Tax Office figures, in the 2011-12 financial ...

AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
AMP Capital has urged the federal government to allocate more funds to greenfield infrastructure projects on the grounds that it would reap the benefits of increased tax revenue from the resulting economic activity. AMP Capital made the proposal as ...

The New Daily to avoid political bias: Weaven

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
The New Daily will avoid taking a political line, according to Garry Weaven, the chair of the new, industry super fund-owned publication The New Daily, which was launched today. Weaven told Financial Standard that he and Bruce Guthrie had to assure ...

Tailor advice to each generation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Advisers should tailor their communication strategies to suit the needs of each generation, but in the age of internet, face to face meetings are still the clients' preferred system to communicate with advisers. An AFA white paper revealed that, while ...

Funds market climbs 12.7% to $1.6tr

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
Australia's locally sourced funds management market climbed 12.7% during 2012-13 to reach an all-time record high of $1.614 trillion. Driving the growth was the 24% ASX return, the 33% return from international equities and an estimated $139 billion ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
If you think gold's recent swan dive was unnerving, spare a thought for those who bought carbon credits - that's where the climate change has really happened. Gold has recouped some of its losses over the past two trading sessions, but it remains 26.9% ...

LGS appoints new chair

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a former Cowra Shire Council mayor as its new chair. Bruce Millar will replace John Beacroft following his two-year term as chair. Millar is a director and former chair of StateCover Mutual Limited and has ...

Lowys ramp up Westfield selldown

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
The Lowy family has followed through on its latest divestment deal, selling 49.9% of its Florida Westfield portfolio to New York property investor O'Connor Capital Partners. The retail giant will stay on as property and leasing manager in an arrangement ...