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Aon predicts 2006 risk issues

Risk and insurance specialist Aon predicts that staff retention, outsourcing and climate change will be the dominant risk concerns over the next few years. The group has outlined these themes to coincide with the launch of their annual questionnaire ...

US equity funds back in favour

Investors are pouring their money into US equity funds at the expense of Europe and emerging markets equity funds, according to the latest weekly report by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Massachusetts-based EPFR, which monitors 8,000 global ...

Fund transfer protocols need to catch-up with technology: ASFA

The Australian Super Fund Association (ASFA) says super funds taking a long time to process member payments because of delays in completing identity checks are causing tensions with members. ASFA Chief Executive Officer Philippa Smith said "There can ...

Weekly economic roundup

After a strong start, the Australian stock market again succumbed to the negative lead from Wall Street, with the S&P/ASX 200 index down by 34.5 points, or 0.8 per cent at the close of last week's trading. While investors largely ignored reports of ...

The Future Fund for art's sake: NGA

How would a Picasso or a van Gogh look sitting alongside equities, bonds, listed property trusts and cutting-edge investments in the $16 billion Future Fund? Ron Radford, Director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), has come out saying that ...

Fincorp pulled up by ASIC for misleading advertising

Another advertising campaign has been pulled up by ASIC this week, this time with the retail based financial group Fincorp Investments being issued with an Enforceable Undertaking for misleading statements. Fincorp's advertising campaign, which appeared ...

NESS gets APRA licence

The superannuation fund for employees in the electrical and associated industries in NSW and the ACT, NESS, has obtained its Australian and Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) licence. The completion of the process makes NESS the first non-public ...

Super funds call for better governance

A group of industry superannuation funds have called for better governance in managing conflicts of interest after research which revealed almost $6 billion of director-related business was conducted by Australian companies. "Members investing their ...

SSgA promotes Goodlad in team reshuffle

... success we have achieved here. With Bernard Reilly's move to Hong Kong, I am extremely confident that the business is in a safe and experienced pair of hands as well as being led by someone who is extremely well respected and known by our clients." Reilly ...

Unsolicited share offers jump

Unsolicited offers to buy shares are on the increase according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), which reported a 51 per cent increase in reports of such offers over the past 12 months. AXA Pacific Holdings and Tattersalls ...