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Embedding risk appetite remains tricky

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... appetite deeper within the organisation. "The risk management challenge since the GFC has moved away from structure and governance to tangibly making risk culture part of everyone's job," says Harmer. "As a case in point, on a day to day basis this means ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... government would prefer to follow the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment which are based on active governance and shareholder engagement principles rather than negative screening, he said. The minority Labor government in the ACT means ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... retirement in 2011 to pursue directorships and advisory roles. He is a member of the Federal Government's Stronger Super Governance Working Group, deputy president of the Accounting Foundation - University of Sydney, member and immediate past chairman ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... services and superannuation has accused the Coalition of being all talk and no walk when it comes to superannuation governance. "I am disappointed that the Coalition voted against legislation that raises the bar for superannuation trustees including ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Institutional investors are increasingly demanding that Environmental, Social and Governance principles be considered in mandate design - and it needs to be from a macro-level, said Solaris Investment Management. "Several of Solaris' institutional clients ...

MFOs take growth from banks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... list boutiques. The boutiques operate with generally smaller margins but offer a range of services from tax advice and governance to managing bill payments. By size alone however, the family office units of banks still dominate with nine of the top 10 ...

Vision for the future

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... will drive commission-free superannuation for millions of Australians. He added that Australia will likely have better governance which will encourage greater diversity and less of the "group think" that has acted as a barrier to progress. He acknowledged ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... and expertise of local fund managers, understanding and managing issues associated with local regulation, compliance, governance, sovereign risk and asset custody." Asian funds management also has some subtleties that Australian participants need to ...

ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... guidance on disclosure requirements for MySuper, on self-managed super fund (SMSF) reforms and, where appropriate, on governance reforms and SuperStream changes. ASIC said it will amend existing regulatory guidance to reflect the Stronger Super reforms ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Environmental, social and governance research has a role to play as Europe's sovereign debt crisis blurs the lines between the definitions of developed and developing nations, according to a global responsible investment expert. A lot of the countries ...