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20 October 2014 • By Tim Stewart • 1 min read

ASIC backs forestry MIS reforms

ASIC has called on the government to enact reforms to the business models of forestry managed investment schemes (MISs). The corporate regulator ...

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BT expands life insurance team

BT Financial Group will increase the size of its technical team in the life insurance division, naming a number of new appointments. In a ...

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Consensus thinking on yields challenged

Higher bond yields do not equate to asset price volatility and subsequent equity market sell-offs, argues K2 Asset Management head of Australian ...

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Life insurance working group names chairman

Former APRA member John Trowbridge has been appointed as independent chairman of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group. The working group, ...

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Active mandates shifting: BlackRock

Australian investors are starting to adopt a less constrained approach to their actively-managed mandates, says BlackRock managing director Mark ...

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CBA reputation ‘tarnished’: Narev

CBA chief executive Ian Narev has spoken frankly about the importance of consumer trust, following revelations about poor financial advice within the ...

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Super infighting leaves members in the cold

Super fund members' interests are being ignored as retail and industry funds squabble about default super arrangements, argues Taxpayers Australia

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Former Bennelong CEO joins Wingate Group

Investment and advisory firm Wingate Group has appointed former Bennelong Funds Management chief executive Jarrod Brown as a director. Mr Brown’s ...

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Privatisation to drive global M&A

Mergers and acquisitions activity from international government privatisation is set to rise over the next 12 months, new research has found

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RBA wedded to Chinese growth

The strength of the Chinese economy will be the determining factor when the RBA finally hikes interest rates in 2015, says Principal Global Investors

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