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Rainmaker unveils 2010 award nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... Best New Investment Product of the Year * Tyndall Wholesale Cash Fund - Tyndall Investment Management * Australian Governance Masters Index Fund Limited - Dixon * Perennial Tactical Income Trust - Perennial Investment Partners * Abacus Diversified Income ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its seventh year running, were ...

BlackRock adds three senior execs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Australia has announced key recruitments this week, appointing a former CFO at AMP Capital as the new COO and leading governance expert Pru Bennett leaving Regnan to become the group's head of corporate governance. Henry Capra was unveiled as the new ...

Mercer global CIO joins AXA IM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... extensive experience working with Australian superannuation funds. Gardener is well known in Australia for his views on governance, alignment of interest and where superannuation funds should be looking to access alpha opportunities. His role will focus ...

APRA warns on unlisted asset valuations

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... complex or less transparent relative to listed assets." Venkatramani urged trustees to ensure that there is a strong governance framework for valuations which include oversight by the trustee board, clear segregation of duties and documented policies ...

Crafter resigns as ARIA CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... needs have guided ARIA through a period of substantial change and market volatility. "He leaves ARIA with a robust governance and risk management framework in place and the fund in a strong position for someone new," said Hyams.

AMP Capital adds ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
AMP Capital Investors has hired Mans Carlsson-Sweeny as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst. He joins the firm after working at independent advisory firm Arbor Partners where he provided sustainable investment research to institutional ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... create 'champions', this will provide positive opportunities for investors over the longer-term, although corporate governance and policy risk are still a concern within some companies." However, Bolton fears the Chinese government's tightening measures ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... non-European organisation to get a Voluntary Quality Standard (VQS) badge for its work on assessing environmental, social, governance (ESG) and ethical performance analysis of companies. The certification is overseen by the Brussels-based Association ...