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Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia is calling for the introduction of a 'personal stress test' that would measure the impact of adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... reasons it would block an incentive plan including the lack of performance hurdles set against these incentives, poor disclosure of terms and when the incentive is "too generous". Similarly, the fund voted against 30 per cent of remuneration reports ...

VicSuper wins ACCA sustainability award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... their corporate performance with stakeholders. "The global economic downturn has highlighted a clear need for greater disclosure and quality of reporting, beyond compliance. It is important for Australian organisations to continue to improve reporting ...

Hedge fund to overtake managed fund growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... funds firms have launched hedge-fund like strategies but within a managed fund structure - to address transparency and disclosure issues. Sunil Jagtiani, the London-based editor for Cerulli Edge, the research firm's publication, said driving the growth ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... against their peers. Investment managers from the two countries scored well across principle 3; which seeks greater disclosure from investments, and principle 6; which covers reporting. Across all signatories, the highest scores were achieved across ...

ASIC bans Firepower adviser

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... companies raised funds from local investors in breach of the Corporations Act. The regulator claims a prospectus or product disclosure statement was not provided to investors which is required under the Act.

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

Russell overhauls diversified funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... fixed interest has broadened from 20-30 per cent to 18-38 per cent. The changes are detailed in the firm's product disclosure statements which were issued this month. Pease said strategic tilting is different from tactical asset allocation because one ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The financial services watchdog ASIC is calling on listed financial services companies to provide more disclosure on their 'going concern' assumptions, asset valuations and hedging arrangements when they file their 30 June 2009 financial reports. Following ...

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... and 90s. In contrast, the local financial planning industry is years ahead, having followed a stricter licensing and disclosure regime compared to the UK through the Financial Services Reforms (FSR) in 2004. In addition, many of the advice services in ...