REMUNERATION

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association chief says it's time to review the issue of remuneration in the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

The parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services would consider recommending an extension of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’...

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Financial planning

The Financial Sector Union's Rod Masson insists recent job losses and pay increases are two separate issues....

Financial planning

Most financial advice firms in Australia are sufficiently profitable to ride out the current market downturn, according to Terry Bell, director of financial planning rese...

Financial planning

QBE chairman writes to investors defending the retirement arrangements of the big insurer's chief executive, Frank O'Halloran....

Financial planning

Antiquated voting systems are undermining the ability of major financial services institutions to exercise their voting rights on key issues such as executive remuneratio...

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Financial planning

The so-called 'millionaire's factory', Macquarie Group, has announced key changes to its executive remuneration model which it claims reflect recent remuneration trends b...

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Financial planning

When it comes to fund manager performance in 2008-09, Amal Awad reports that the best-performing managers are those whose investment returns have plumbed lesser depths....

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Financial planning

Shareholders should be making the most of their voting rights and hold company boards accountable, say panelists at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds....

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Financial planning

Environmental, social and corporate governance concerns are a positive outcome of the crippling financial crisis and are forcing re-evaluation of risk....

Financial planning

Australian shareholders, including major institutions, will have much more power to determine the size of golden handshakes handed to anyone on a company remuneration rep...

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Financial planning

The Henry Tax Review, the 2009-10 Budget, industry sentiment, planner remuneration and regulation are all contentious issues that will be up for discussion at Money Manag...

Financial planning

Former High Court Judge Sir Anthony Mason believes failures such as Westpoint and Storm point to the need for tighter regulation of financial services....

Editorial

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has not made a good start to 2009....

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Financial planning

Very significant advice distortions based on commission selling....

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