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APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
In an extraordinary admission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to super fund trustees telling them APRA's information technology and data management systems are struggling to deal with the new data reporting regime ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Superannuation assets climbed 10% in the 12 months to end September 2014 to reach $1.871 trillion and are on track to break the $2 trillion barrier by March next year. MySuper accounts for 33% of institutional super funds surveyed by APRA or $375 billion ...

SEC imposes US$4.16bn in penalties

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
The US corporate regulator, the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), won orders for and imposed US$4.16 billion in penalties and disgorgements last year. In its 2013-14 annual report the SEC stated these penalties and disgorgements arose from ...

ETFs jump 44 pct to $13.6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) climbed 44% in the year end October 2014 to reach $13.6 billion, reports figures just released by the ASX. But while the money managed in ETFs is surging the number of ETF products is relatively stable with just an extra ...

IOSCO updates FinLit framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released its final report outlining its global framework for investor education and financial literacy. In their Strategic Framework for Investor Education and Financial Literacy report ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Mixed signals coming from the US Fed's monetary policy committee should temper investors from overreacting to expectations of rising US rates and an increasing USD, noted Amundi Asset Management in its latest global investor update. Causing the ambiguity ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Unlisted infrastructure returned 18% post fees in the 12 months to end September, outperforming all other asset classes except for global equities and so demonstrated its countercyclical credentials. The results are contained in a new index released ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
An international study of Australians working in global asset management who were educated at Australian universities has found that more than half are now working for asset management firms outside Australia. The most represented universities among ...

ASX IT upgrade to boost productivity 80pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The ASX has completed a major back office IT upgrade that it expects will boost systems productivity by up to 80%. The upgrade involved redesigning its systems architecture for corporate actions management, improving Straight Through Processing (STP) ...