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APRA issues draft group insurance PPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
APRA has written to life insurance chief executives announcing a new draft Prudential Practice Guide (PPG) for how they should handle operational and business issues and risks surrounding group insurance sold to super funds. The regulator said the PPG ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Australian share market is slightly lower as investors put aside good US jobs figures and strong Chinese trade data and focus on a shock profit warning from insurer QBE. Shares of QBE plunged around 20 per cent after the company announced that it ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A decline in overall hedge fund returns relative to the wider equity market in the wake of the global financial crisis reflects a change in the demands of sophisticated investors, and is not a sign that alternatives are becoming less attractive, according ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
High frequency traders (HFTs) improve market fairness by reducing end-of-day price dislocation, new research from the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found. CMCRC examined data from 22 exchanges from around the world, from 2003-2011 ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Industry fund-owned asset consultant Frontier Advisors has appointed former head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) Property Tim Stringer as a senior consultant in its real assets team. Stringer, who moves to Frontier from a position ...

Govt makes key infrastructure inquiry appointment

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has published a set of Global Stewardship Principles to be adopted across its business. Developed and endorsed by CFSGAM's Global Responsible Investment Committee which is comprised of the chief ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
The government has given little away about its preferences regarding the depth and rigour of portfolio holdings disclosure, following Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' release of a discussion paper on this subject last week. Part of the Stronger ...

Planners need discretion on SMSF cost advice: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013