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Innovators, imitators and idiots

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... reporting overall fund write-downs as higher as 15 per cent due to the post-June market shakedown, they reported. Barron's said Jeremy Grantham, head of GMO, is now more concerned about the Yale wannabes than he is about properly resourced players such ...

Bakers portfolio rated 'investment grade'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... for alternative energy increases, it's likely the model portfolio will outperform the broader market, the report said. Jeremy Baker, Bakers Investment Group chief operating officer, said the Aegis rating provided an avenue for the portfolio to be included ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
GMO's investment sage Jeremy Grantham, one of the few who predicted the sub-prime bust, now says the the equities markets is throwing up valuations not seen in 20 years. Grantham believes that a very weak global economy is not without partially offsetting ...

Planners comment on EDR scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... This would mean that some schemes would need to lift their current limits within an appropriate transitional period," said Jeremy Cooper, ASIC deputy chairman. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is wasting little time in addressing ...

Industry backs ASIC 'super snapshot'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... providers could publish possible long term retirement savings outcomes using a hard copy publication or an online calculator. Jeremy Cooper, ASIC deputy chairman, said many people do not know the amount of savings they required in retirement and what ...

We need a fairness test: ASIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... how financial institutions treat their customers has resulted in excessive compliance rules that don't always work, said Jeremy Cooper, deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at a joint Institute of Actuaries ...

Everest B&B wins $200m Sunsuper mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... Sunsuper awarded Everest Babcock & Brown a $200 million mandate to construct an absolute return fund for the super fund. Jeremy Reid, Everest Babcock & Brown chief executive, said the Sunsuper mandate represented the firm's first Australian institutional ...

Aus and NZ fund issuance better under MRSO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... protections for investors while reducing the capital-raising and compliance costs for issuers," said ASIC deputy chairman, Jeremy Cooper said. Securities will not be the only sector set to benefit from the new changes, the regime will also cover managed ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... investment in the alternative energy sector based on BIG's strict investment criteria and bottom up company analysis," said Jeremy Baker, BIG chief operating officer. "With governments around the world encouraging the development of renewable and alternative ...

Financial Ombudsman Service launched

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... 100,000 telephone enquiries were handled across the three operations in the last reporting period. ASIC deputy chairman, Jeremy Cooper, said he welcomes the consolidation. "Complaints schemes play a vital role in the broader consumer protection framework ...