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Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... in 2010. ASIC claims the operators of these funds, including Hobbs and the former Vanuatu company, Future Trading Corporation Ltd., none of whom held an Australian Financial Services licence, targeted Australian investors and self-managed superannuation ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Governments, asset owners and corporations will need to work together in a stronger partnership to achieve a sustainable investment future, new research from Towers Watson has found. After surveying 22 asset managers in conjunction with Oxford University ...

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Super funds should give members detailed information on where funds are being invested, and benchmark allocations against an international standard, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has said. Medcraft has previously argued in favour of detailed asset allocation ...

Denison: Adviser's action crucial to investment success

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian advisers play a crucial role in holding fund managers accountable to their investors, and in addressing poor investment performance, according to Denison Funds Management. Currently many investors are unhappy with poorly performing investment ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... contract and commissioned during 2010. It was operated for approximately two years under the ownership of Sydney Water Corporation before the refinance operation. The nameplate capacity of the Plant is 250 ML/day, which represents approximately 15% of ...

Harsh ASIC ban on Seagrim slashed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
An ASIC ban on the directors of planning business Seagrims Pty Ltd has been reduced by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (ATT), allowing them to again work in financial services. Peter Seagrim and Anne-Marie Seagrim appealed to the independent appeals ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Top 300 are AustralianSuper (68), QSuper (89), State Super NSW (102), UniSuper (111), Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (137), REST (161), HESTA (174), Sunsuper (179), Cbus (184), Super SA (241), GESB (263) and Telstra Super (280). On average ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... expansion plans and the falling iron ore price. Fortescue shares were 10 cents, or 3.2 per cent, lower at $3.01. Lynas Corporation shares were up 50 per cent at 91 cents after the company was granted a temporary licence for its controversial $US800 million ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... fund a restructure that includes the overhaul of its Sydney oil refinery. Among other stocks, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation was 30 cents higher at $23.25 after it nominated former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe and former US secretary of labour ...

Loss "disappointing": Austock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... to help it achieve that potential." Austock's property business was the subject of dual takeover bids from Mariner Corporation, and the eventual winner Folkestone - which saw Mariner take Austock to the Takeovers Panel. A broadening of the Life business ...