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Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... constrain, impede, restrict or discourage, whether by confidentiality clauses, policies or other means, any person from disclosing information or providing documents to APRA."

Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... year against Goldman and Fabrice Tourre, director of the sub-prime mortgage product ABACUS 2007-AC1, for allegedly not disclosing Paulson & Co's role in the ABACUS deal to investors. It has been reported that in April 2007, a deal was closed for the ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... a wholesale style reporting that reverses nearly a decade of consumer disclosure reforms that pushed super funds to disclosing returns after all fees. But IFSA have rejected this criticism saying that consumers under the new regime will now be better ...

Bans and charges for advisers: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... to SMSF trustees. Dangar recommended investments in Morris Finance and NSW Finance & Leasing to SMSF clients without disclosing that he was a director of both companies and held a beneficial interest in their shares. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... rose 2.30 per cent after reporting a solid profit performance this year, while Barclays Bank lost 5.10 per cent after disclosing a sharp slide in third-quarter net profits as its bad debts soared. Rival bank HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, gained 4.02 per ...

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... chief executive of ACSI, Ann Byrne, said the findings underpinned the need for companies to be more forthcoming in disclosing how bonuses were determined. "The fact that more than 90 percent of CEOs received a bonus in 2008 begs the question just how ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is under fire from a human rights group for not disclosing key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter ...

ASIC reveals cap arising enhancements

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
ASIC has released new measures to boost market disclosure and efficiency in capital raisings and unlisted disclosing entities. The new equity raising policies released at the end of last week seek to streamline the fundraising process by faster and ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... remuneration. This has to be disclosed but, at present, it doesn't say they have to be disclosed on page one or two." Besides disclosing fees at the outset, the public could also benefit from knowing how much their insurance through super is costing ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... of chief executives, company secretaries and chief financial officers when taking important matters to the Board and disclosing those matters to the market. The court decisions also provide guidance on the responsibilities of non-executive directors ...