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Robeco hits Aus shores

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Netherlands-based asset management firm, Robeco, has expanded into the Australian institutional market, headed up by former Australian head of institutional business at Aberdeen Asset Management, Stephen Dennis. With a focus on Australia's growing domestic ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
J.P. Morgan WSS will provide end-to-end third party derivatives collateral management for four super funds including AustralianSuper, as it completes a $30 million technology investment program for institutional clients. J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities ...

Cayman Islands hedge fund reforms on-track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
Cayman Islands is extending the deadline for hedge fund operators to register their master funds, showing how delicate the balance is between improving financial regulation in the country, while not driving away hedge fund operators. The reforms follow ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
Chief executive officers in the not-for-profit super sector remain unconvinced a lifecycle product will offer the best outcome for members, according to a recent poll by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A recent survey of 40 not-for-profit ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Rapid growth in Exchange Traded Products and growing concern about new synthetic variants has prompted international financial regulators to issue a discussion paper on whether and how the sector should be regulated. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) include ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Remuneration practices ill aligned to risk management objectives will be of primary interest to the regulator, as APRA implements its standards on executive remuneration. Remuneration policies that encouraged risky behaviour were identified as a practice ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
In the past 13 years, $1 trillion has been contributed into superannuation funds while the proportion of benefits paid as lump sums has plummeted. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has just released its Annual Superannuation Bulletin for ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Office of Best Practice Regulation has said time pressures prevented an adequate regulatory impact statement being prepared on six elements of the FOFA legislation. Speaking before a Senate Estimates committee, Jason McNamara, executive director ...

Risk advisers optimistic about long-term

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
Risk advisers are looking beyond short-term uncertainty and remain positive on long-term practice viability, according to an index commissioned by Zurich Financial Services Australia. The index constructed by Beaton Research and Consulting, surveyed ...

APRA MySuper changes burden for industry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
The proposed level of involvement by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in commercial arrangements between super funds and employers under the new draft MySuper Bill is unnecessary and inefficient, according to retail bodies. Submissions ...