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REST Acumen attracts Global Fortune 500 company

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... company, employs over 60,000 people around the world, with about 14,500 of these living in the Asia-Pacific region. "This landmark win will bring in $63 million in funds under management and over 600 new members to Acumen," said REST. Paul Sayer, REST ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... investment and economic leadership position, said David Whiteley, chief executive of the Industry Super Network. In a landmark speech at the Lowy Institute yesterday, Whiteley said the size and economic significance of super funds means they have a tremendous ...

Landmark case against board duty failure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Australian board behaviour, responsibilities and financial obligations can be compared. The Federal Court has made a landmark decision in the case against eight directors and former executives of Centro Properties Group, finding the board had been wrong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Stock Exchange saw its share price rocket at first before settling down to a a three per cent rise after it announced a landmark merger deal with its Canadian counterpart. Meanwhile trading in shares of Deutsche Boerse, which runs the Frankfurt stock ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... consulants regularly perform multiple roles for their clients. In a late development, CalPERS also unveiled its new "landmark" asset allocation strategy. The fund plans to allocate 4 per cent of its assets to "liquidity", 63 per cent to "growth" investments ...

ASIC slaps tough penance for fin services misconduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
In a landmark case, a young broker charged with multiple counts of insider trading has received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence, the highest sentence on record for that offence in Australia. On December 2 John Joseph Hartman, 25, of Mosman, New ...

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... group insurer Tower Australia is nipping at the heels of top two rivals AIA and ING, now called OnePath, after signing a landmark deal with the $20 billion First State Super. Effective next month, Tower will provide death, disablement and income protection ...

CalPERS taps Brazilian real estate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Landmark reforms will force global banks to raise their minimum capital requirements by at least double what they are today to avert another financial crisis - but the new rules, if adopted, could damage the smaller institutions. Bank regulators and ...

ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... years have been characterised by an unprecedented level of policy reform in the superannuation sector, which includes the landmark Henry Review, Cooper Review and Future of Financial Advice reform," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. ASFA is taking ...