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Jury out on AFSL uptake by accountants

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... that many will have to find a way to be covered by an accountants' AFSL, she said. Earlier this week audit-specialist Accountable Financial Services released a statement that said accountants were unlikely to take up the AFSL as it was currently proposed. ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... as they should be." In other markets, particularly in the US and the UK, it is normal for fund managers to be held accountable by wealth managers, investors and journalists alike. But in Australia there is greater distance between the men and women or ...

Denison: Adviser's action crucial to investment success

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian advisers play a crucial role in holding fund managers accountable to their investors, and in addressing poor investment performance, according to Denison Funds Management. Currently many investors are unhappy with poorly performing investment ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... trustee boards for its superannuation funds. The boards, MLC Nominees, NULIS Nominees (Australia) and PFS Nominees, are accountable to around 1.5 million members and approximately $56 billion in Funds Under Management. Rassi is a chartered accountant ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... in their interests. New reforms will ensure the financial sector operates better, more informatively and [be] more accountable than pre Trio," he said. He said he wasn't necessarily advocating that there be restrictions on the types of people allowed ...

Cbus board moves for greater disclosure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... expects in terms of transparency and disclosure and superannuation funds have obligations to their investors to be accountable for their investments," Medcraft said at the event. Cbus chair Steve Bracks has said the additional inclusions will put Cbus ...

ASIC calls for detailed disclosure on holdings of super funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... expects in terms of transparency and disclosure and superannuation funds have obligations to their investors to be accountable for their investments," Medcraft said. "We consider that disclosure of the underlying portfolio holdings of super funds is ...

Super funds complacent on sustainability

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... analysts and fund managers to do the work, but an economic adviser predicts pressure is building for funds to become accountable. Simon O'Connor, economic adviser for the Australian Conservation Foundation, said sustainability reporting and the ability ...

US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... debt (the GFC, various wars and the bank bailout), the issues of social security and minimum wage need to be held accountable, said John Abernethy, chief investment officer, Clime. "In our view it is the direct result of a society that has chronically ...

Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... "Financial advisers get caught in between. On the one hand we are trying to do as much research as we can, and we are held accountable for our recommendations. But on the other hand it's incredibly difficult and time consuming to do research properly." ...