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Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Perpetual Investments joins the raft of major fund managers that have signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). As a signatory, Perpetual Investments must formally incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Slow cooked. Is the Reserve Bank of Australia slowly boiling the Australian economy alive? I refer, of course, to the story of the 'boiling frog' - often used as an anecdote to describe the financial markets' failure to respond to significant modifications ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as mixed economic data gave Wall Street a mixed day of trading. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 21 points lower at 4,743. In economic news ...

Super savings not for govt projects: Suncorp Life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Super funds should not be forced to invest in government infrastructure projects because it could undermine member confidence in funds, according to Suncorp Life's Cooper Review submission. Suncorp Life's submission to the Cooper Review - Phase One ...

Cooper throws down super gauntlet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Super System Review chair, Jeremy Cooper, gave a wide ranging interview on the ABC's Inside Business yesterday that should immediately dismiss any concerns that he is leading just another harmless superannuation inquiry. From whether super should be ...

Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The regulator has launched proceedings against the chair, chief executive, chief financial officer and five other directors of entities within Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group for misleading accounting practices. The action includes Brian ...

Gulf wealth to engulf stockmarkets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Gulf region stands to destabilise global asset prices depending on how it redeploys its investment capital, after new data found the value of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil and gas reserves could be as much as $40 trillion - worth more than ...

CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, is to investigate "success fees" paid to placement agents by its external fund managers after a disclosure report found more than US$50 million in fees were paid to a placement agency ran by a former ...

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
The $4.4 billion Auscoal Super is eyeing small caps and Asia as key international equities segments that currently present the most investment opportunities. Bruce Watson, chief executive of Auscoal, said the fund is seeing a number of opportunities ...

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Trustees adding excessive investment options to their super funds are violating their fiduciary duty while imposing unnecessary costs on members, said a leading superannuation academic. "The current system of a myriad of investment options not only ...