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Women on boards tracking well: AMP Capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... satisfied the cultural shift to increase gender diversity on Australian listed company boards is heading in the right direction but says the challenge is not complete. Releasing its latest corporate governance report AMP Capital said in 2010, 60% of ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone inflation figures show consumer prices moving in the right direction. Continued price gains are now at risk. Brent oil was fetching US$42 a barrel and WTI oil US$41.08 when the announced ...

Industry buoyed by Trans-Pacific Partnership

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... said the agreement complements free trade agreements with Japan, Korea and China and is a positive step in the right direction for financial services trade as Australia transforms into a services-based economy. "This agreement is ambitious and will have ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... "The legislation to improve superannuation governance introduced to Parliament on 16 September is a step in the right direction."

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... promoting fee-for-service models. "It's not as bad as it could have been. Generally speaking, it's a move in the right direction. And ultimately, once you get to the 60%/20% level, if the policy persists the money made by the adviser in the long run ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... these are highly questionable assumptions." Sherwood also noted that, while this budget takes "some steps in the right direction," it still involves certain political risk and is unlikely to pass through Parliament intact. Government investment was a ...

Vertically-integrated advice model can work

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... product salesperson?" "There's still work to be done in that space. A lot of the reforms have driven us in the right direction, and by reforms I mean industry-led reforms, not just regulatory reforms. So ultimately that is the question that has to be ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... Services licensees by $5 to $44. Financial Planning Association boss Mark Rantall said it was a "big step" in the right direction. "When you go to a financial planner you have the right to know you can trust the person you choose," Mr Rantall said in ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... July from 0.8% in June and 0.7% in May. The good news is that the region's economy appears to be heading in the right direction. Markit Economics' preliminary PMI survey for the Eurozone indicated that, "Business activity picked up again in July to suggest ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... consumer trust in financial advice will need to overcome several hurdles, but the adviser register is a step in the right direction." "Transparency builds trust, and the register, along with the other requirements suggested by PUP that explicitly require ...