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Propensity for foot shooting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... Hewson, also a former Reserve Bank economist said. In October this year the AOPD released a report authored by global law firm Baker & McKenzie which said this gap between understanding and action could leave pension fund trustees open to legal action ...

Cbus and HESTA take out top AIST awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Investment Award for Excellence: HESTA - Income Stream Working Group Super Operations/Administration Award for Excellence: Tim Baker, RBF Winners AIST 2012 Scholarships Leader Development Scholarship - Fund Staff: Louise du-Pre Alba, AustralianSuper ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... technology will perform exceptionally well," he said. In October this year AODP put out a report researched by global law firm Baker & McKenzie that said super fund trustees' fiduciary duty means they could be held legally responsible for losses caused ...

Another Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser banned

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... outcome follows ASIC enforcement action against other former CFPL financial advisers, Don Nguyen, Simon Langton, Christopher Baker, Anthony Awkar, Jane Duncan and Joe Chan. On 25 October 2011, ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from CFPL requiring ...

Mac Life expands claims and underwriting team

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
Macquarie Life has made two new hires in its underwriting and claims teams. Tony Baker will take on the role of financial risk manager and will provide specialist expertise and support to advisers on financial underwriting and claims cases. In addition ...

Towers Watson's clients top $15bn in Smart Beta

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... and specialist infrastructure strategies to create liquid diversity and capture non-market cap weighted equities. Craig Baker, global head of investment research at Towers Watson, said Smart Beta is about trying to identify good investment ideas that ...

Commonwealth FP adviser banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... investigation into the advice provided by several of CFPL's financial advisers including Don Nguyen, Simon Langton, Christopher Baker, Anthony Awkar, and Jane Duncan. CFPL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and operates ...

Bennelong expands Long Short Equity Management

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... Short Equity Management had added Sam Shepherd to its team, which is currently comprised of analysts Sam Taylor and Michael Baker, and headed up by Richard Fish. As the senior portfolio manager, Shepherd brings with him 20 years of Australian equities ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... generate stronger returns than equities, bonds and commodities and with lower volatility and risk than equities," said Andrew Baker, CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). "The most interesting point to come out of this research ...