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Advice already in client's best interest: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
Financial advice must take into account the individual client's needs and circumstances and all conflicts must be disclosed, said Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive officer Jo-Anne Bloch. "Firstly, the Corporations Act already requires ...

QIC finds value in IP

One of the largest fund managers in the country, the $55 billion Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has injected $30 million into an intellectual property fund, the first step towards the group's increasing investment in an emerging asset class ...

Property scheme lands promoters in court

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception and four charges of dishonest use of position as an officer of a corporation. Gary O'Neill has not yet entered a plea to four charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception and seven charges ...

Russell adds two to international fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... Investment Research and Management (17.5 per cent), MFS Institutional Advisors (17.5 per cent), Institutional Capital Corporation (11.6 per cent), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc (12.6 per cent), Ark Asset Management Co, Inc (5.4 per cent); Turner ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... The CAC-40 index declined 57.92 points to 5,458.4. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell as exporters like Toyota Motor Corporation weakened on concerns about slowing US economic growth. The Nikkei reversed 150.61 points to 17,453.51. HONG KONG - Stocks fell ...

China funds under pressure?

... are not going to make drastic decisions out of what happened overnight." Meanwhile, the Victorian Funds Management Corporation's (VFMC) newly appointed chief investment officer, Leo de Bever, said super funds were relatively unaffected. "Most of the ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... Investments. He was chairman of NABGroup from 2004-05 and a director from 1997-2005. He has also served as a director of News Corporation between 2001 and 2004 and Southcorp from 1994 until 2001. "I am confident that the new appointees will contribute ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Global index provider the FTSE Group has launched a new set of climate change criteria for including companies in their FTSE4Good Index Series. The new criteria identify companies FTSE believe have positive records on Corporate Sustainability Responsibility ...

Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Ten years after the Wallis Financial System Inquiry and eight years after the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the bodies are in discussions about how ...