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Mariner veteran sets up A3L

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... previous firm. A3L is now a separate entity to Mariner and is run differently from its original business, with a different governance and stakeholder structure, he said.

Clearing house model to be multi competitive: Tsy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... clearing houses by ASIC is however yet to be defined though it is expected to contain significant obligations regarding governance and authentication and speed of the transactions.

VicSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... organisational restructure. A spokesperson from the $6.7 billion fund confirmed Lunt had moved to another role in the fund in governance and the fund had started to advertise the newly created role last week. The role involves directing, managing and ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has directed staff to pursue legislation that would require stricter governance of placement agents. "It is crystal clear that we need stronger laws in California for placement agents to ensure full ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
The $13 billion Construction & Building Industry Super (Cbus) is starting to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the fund's Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) when appointing fund managers. Trish Donohue, executive manager ...

Christian Super invests $50m in fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... securities, global government bonds and global credit securities, which are all reviewed using environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Peter Murphy, chief executive at Christian Super, said the fund's investment, reflects its commitment to ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... exempt from strong government scrutiny - as the government cracks down on the sector's accountability, efficiency and governance issues. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Minister Bowen said SMSFs "cannot consider itself exempt from the types ...

MLC appoints Gupta to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... membership," said Richard Nunn, executive general manager of advice & marketing, MLC & NAB Wealth. "This puts the focus on governance rather than product distribution and is in line with MLC's goal of improving transparency and trust in financial services." ...

Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Responsible Investment (PRI). As a signatory, Perpetual Investments must formally incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment decision-making and ownership practices in a consistent and transparent manner. Perpetual's ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 and will provide the board with expertise in governance, international finance and macro economic conditions, noted a media statement from Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and ...