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Corporate governance the biggest risk: Aon

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
An Aon Australia survey has found that the issue of corporate governance is the top risk concern for executives, rocketing from ninth on their list of priorities in 2002-03 to the top of the table this year. Whereas in 2002-03 legal risk was the highest ...

BT trustees receive RSE licenses

BT Financial Group has taken its turn as next in the licensing line, receiving RSE licenses for their three trustees - BT Funds Management Limited, BT Funds Management No.2 and Westpac Securities Administration Limited. The licensing regime falls under ...

New survey debunks age-old investor behaviour views

... investors have a higher proportion of their portfolio in riskier assets and investors are more likely to move from risky to safe assets as they get older. "With such a wealth of data, we've been able to construct an unprecedented portrait of Australian ...

ASIC charges unlicensed advisers

... per cent return on their investments in as little as month's time, and that their principal investment was guaranteed and safe. However, those who invested in the scheme, totalling more than $250,000, have not received their principal investment back ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

The head of the financial planner-funded Westpoint Recovery Fund, Ian Bristow, has called on Westpoint's secured creditors such as ING, MFS, LM Investment and Perpetual, to help salvage investments poured into the company before it's too late. Three ...

Bluestone reverse mortgage to offer interest rate protection

Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of Bluestone Group, has released a new reverse mortgage product with a "capped for life" variable rate providing interest rate protection for retirees. Estimated to be worth $600 million in 2005, the reverse mortgage ...

ING and Optimix granted RSE licences

ING Australia has been granted Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licences from APRA for its trustee companies, ING Custodians and Optimix Investment Management. ING's Super Safety project manager Kim Richards said, "We are very pleased to receive ...

Easy gains over and volatility ahead, warns Oliver

Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP, predicts that 2006 will continue to push strong equity performances, but warns that the "easy gains" are over and some volatility lies ahead. Speaking at AMP's media lunch this week ...

Investing in residential property should be Devine

... investor's view point there's a lot of money out there, that's looking for a home and its' natural that that money looks for a safe and strong return, which we think this will provide."

AES member funds safe

The Australian Enterprise Superannuation (AES) Fund says member money is safe and secure following this week's disqualification by APRA of some of its trustee directors. The regulator disqualified former AES directors Ian Baldock, Kerry Woolacott and ...