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Industry super trustees lack investment experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... haven't got all the expertise that they need at board level, or even at executive level," he continued. Urwin said the problem stems from Australia only having a limited talent pool relative to other markets and to address the problem he wants to see ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... limited resources." He stressed the need for the regulator "to act quickly and take inappropriate players out before the problem gets too large, too big and affects public perception." "They have a role in bringing confidence to the industry and protecting ...

QE infinity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Tighter regulation poses the greatest challenge to the hedge fund industry, according to Australian industry legend Sir Michael Hintze. Speaking at the Alternative Investment Management Association's Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney this week, Hintze said ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... that space going forward," Helmes said. Other ageing chestnuts dealt with by the report were the rise of SMSFs and the problem of member engagement. On the latter point, the report found that age and a high balance are the two factors most likely to ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Australian hedge funds do not currently pose a systemic risk to the Australian financial system, a new ASIC report has found. The regulator also found that qualifying hedge funds in the survey also use low leverage and appear to have adequate liquidity ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Major financial services bodies are throwing their support behind Mathias Cormann, asking for him to be appointed Minister of Superannuation and Financial Services in the new Government. "I've only ever asked one thing of Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... this kind of level of public disclosure, then there's a very real risk that they'll turn you away." As a solution to this problem, AVCAL has recommended a materiality threshold, meaning if the investment makes up only a very small proportion of overall ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
"Does this guy ever shut up?" Then Opposition leader, now Australia's 28th Prime Minister (let's dispense with the "elect", shall we?) Tony Abbott was portrayed as an arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership ...