Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having uniform standards across the board.
Read more »The number of single manager hedge funds coming to the retail market has slowed to a trickle, according to new research.
Read more »Alternatives expert Sovereign Investment Research is recommending its superannuation clients remain overweight to specific distressed debt strategies ahead of expected defaults from small US-based companies.
Read more »Superannuation exchange, SuperChoice, has collaborated with Sage MicrOpay to provide its customers with online super functionality.
Read more »One of Fidelity's investment stalwarts, Anthony Bolton, believes in the potential of the Chinese stockmarket so much he moved to Hong Kong three months ago, and predicts small to mid-size stocks in the region show the best promise.
Read more »WA-based financial planning firm Addwealth is looking to hire women advisers in each state across Australia as the group's female client base grows.
Read more »Employers should not panic about the business costs of the move towards 12 per cent super, with the first rise to cost no more than a cup of coffee a week, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST).
Read more »The Australian stock market made further losses by noon on Friday, following disappointing company reports.
Read more »Bennelong Funds Management has appointed former Intech head of fund services, Bruce Loveday, as chairman of the board, starting next month.
Read more »Reports out overnight were mostly positive but these did not stop profit-taking on The Street.
Read more »The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker on Friday after a fall on Wall Street overnight.
Read more »Thursday 29 Jul 2010
Canberra-based researcher CAER becomes the first non-European organisation to get a Voluntary Quality Standard (VQS) badge for its work on assessing environmental, social, governance (ESG) and ethical performance analysis of companies.
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