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... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... Angeles Times. Local super funds meanwhile are watching CalPERS' progress with interest, with some stating that tougher disclosure regimes should be on trustees' radar if their funds deal with placement agents. "Trustees need to ask their managers more...specific ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... voluntarily from CalPERS external investment partners. They were also obtained under CalPERS new policy that mandates disclosure on the use of placement agents and fees on proposed new investments and amendments to existing investments which occur after ...

ASIC bans planner pushing dodgy docos

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
A financial adviser who gave his clients false disclosure documents was slapped with a five-year ban from providing financial services. ASIC has banned Joshua David Fuoco of Prahran, Victoria from providing financial services after the regulator's investigation ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... applies to listed companies. One such governance rule that has attracted much public debate centres on executive pay disclosure. In September this year, super fund GESB had withdrawn a planned $100,000 pay rise for its chief executive Michele Dolin after ...

Members to benefit from standard risk labels: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... quite defensive against the might of the bear markets. The risk labels, however, said Vamos, should come with proper disclosure on how the same investment options would perform during 'black swan' events, or market outliers like the 2008-09 liquidity ...

CalSTRS adopts engagement code

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... of corporate governance at CalSTRS, said the universal standard for good corporate governance includes transparency, disclosure of activities and engagement to help maximise the company's performance. The fund's governance policy now reflects the code ...

ASIC proposal exposes investors to default risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... obligations. This assistance to bond issuers is only available if the companies are listed and have a good continuous disclosure history. Bonds are also required to be 'simple vanilla bonds' and must be provided to retail and wholesale investors at the ...

Ripoll rules but confusion reigns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... recommendations become redundant. For example, Ripoll recommendation three. "If the fiduciary duty comes in why would extra disclosure be necessary? The new duty will make that disclosure irrelevant because either the planner will not be allowed any ...

EQT reopens small companies fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... is one of the founding principals of SG Hiscock & Company and has over 20 years investment experience. A new Product Disclosure Statement for EQT SGH Wholesale Small Companies Fund was issued on 23 October 2009. A minimum initial investment amount of ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... diligence found that the sector has turned lying to investors into a fine art. "We find that incomplete and inaccurate disclosure is common in this sub-segment of the market," he said. Worse, hedge fund managers are fully aware that their statements ...