 Alex Dunnin Executive Director, Research & Compliance, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd (at time of writing)
ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023 Australia's wealth management sector is simultaneously in its best shape ever and undergoing its most terrifying level of chaotic disruption. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023 The latest ASX Australian Investor Study has just been released and the survey of 5,500 Australian adults is a terrific investment market reality check. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023 Artificial intelligence tools will transform the services sectors, providing a massive opportunity for the superannuation sector to become more efficient. And it may cost you your job. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022 The new government's proposal for so-called faith-based MySuper products to be given an exemption to the Your Future, Your Super performance test if they fail has to be one of the most absurd superannuation policy proposals ever presented. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022 The collapse of GigSuper pretty much means the superannuation industry has seen off most of the disruptor challengers. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022 It seems Australian government political leaders, are beginning to understand how global capital markets really work. Yes, central banks and big business are important, but a new centre of power is asset owners being superannuation funds and investment ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021 The Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Act 2021 (YFYS) that came into effect on 1 July 2021 requires the superannuation industry to improve its efficiency, transparency and accountability. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021 Well, it's finally here. The day of the APRA super fund performance test has arrived. But whatever you, me or anyone thinks of it, it's time we got one thing straight: it's not a performance test. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021 Let the games begin. Australia's superannuation regulator has now turned game keeper and is issuing the results of its inaugural super fund performance test. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021 It was tortuous and required some major amendments, but in mid-June this year the government finally got their beloved Your Future Your Super (YFYS) legislation through parliament. Read more |
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DANIEL SHRIMSKI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
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