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ESG a fiduciary duty: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Trustees have a fiduciary duty to take long term factors, including ESG considerations, into account when selecting and managing investments, said Senator Nick Sherry. Senator Sherry, speaking at this morning's Finsia's leadership forum, said this is ...

AustralianSuper hires fixed income manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
AustralianSuper has appointed fixed interest portfolio manager, John Hopper, to the fund's investment team. Hopper previously worked in a senior investment role at Portfolio Partners, Aviva Life and Colonial Mutual. He has expertise across a range of ...

VFMC suffers portfolio losses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... up more than 45 per cent of the total portfolio), other asset classes have been hit hard too. VFMC's diversified fixed interest investments outperformed the index for the quarter, although for the full year, it lost 5.62 per cent, a wide distance to ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... year. Mortgage refinancing rose by 1.2 per cent during the period and are up 127.3 per cent from a year ago. Lowered interest rates are impacting positively on the US housing market. And perhaps soon, jobs too. The ADP/Macroeconomic Advisers private ...

Instinet makes a splash Down Under

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... the company's business model. It is a pure agency broker, which means it doesn't face the same potential conflicts of interest and risks that brokers with proprietary trading do. We don't have proprietary trading at Instinet and there's certainly been ...

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... must represent the best interests of their members, not tell them how to run their business. "In protecting the best interest of our advisers, we also protect the best interests of their clients," said Klipin. He said the right for consumers to choose ...

Refine board succession: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
Industry, corporate and public sector super funds must improve their board succession strategy to ensure the funds continue to operate effectively, according to a new survey. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) commissioned research ...

Rothfield heads ML economics

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... Global Foreign Exchange group, formulating the company's view on the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian economies, interest rates and currencies. Rothfield was also a part of the team that developed and communicated the company's global macroeconomic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... per cent, to $68.92. Australia's big four banks were mixed ahead of the Reserve bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on interest rates, due at 1430 AEST. Commonwealth Bank was 26 cents lower at $36.34 while Westpac gained 17 cents to $19.67. National Australia ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... mobile commerce will happen, it's just a matter of when," said Avadiar. He added that what's captured the local market's interest is Sybase's "mobile wallet" technology. It works like a pre-paid banking account where customers are charged using money ...