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Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... guidance or direction from their pension plan clients on how those clients' proxies should be voted," said SHARE director of law and policy, Laura O'Neill in a statement. "This suggests that more institutional investors, including pension funds, let ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... of the industry. "Professionalism is an ongoing challenge. If we look at the traditional professions, such as medicine and law, there's a persistence to continually renew their education," he said.

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS is looking to hand out $1 billion in investment mandates across all asset classes this year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of the $7 billion fund, HOSTPLUS, said they are looking to spend the sum on existing mandate top-ups and hiring ...

New board directors for HESTA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Australia's biggest industry super fund for health and community services has appointed three new directors to its board. HESTA Super Fund's new appointees are Maree O'Halloran, a lawyer and director of NSW's Welfare Rights Centre; Prue Power, executive ...

Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... financing is a booming sector and Australia should be part of the action," said Crean. Islamic finance refers to the Islamic law or the Shariah, which prohibits the earning of interest for a focus on profit sharing based on the buying and selling of ...

Clearing house legislation reaches Parliament

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... election promise to help small businesses by changing the rules around the processing of superannuation contributions. The law, should it come to fruition, will provide small business employers relief in their super guarantee duties. Employers can use ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... speculation that Greek salvation is at hand. But how? A report by the German Parliament's research unit show that European Law prohibits the ECB or any European national central bank from bailing out EU countries through buying their debt or offering ...

State Street settles suit for $340m

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... dollars in losses," said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's division of enforcement. "Investigating potential securities law violations arising out of the credit crisis remains a high priority for the SEC Enforcement Division." The enforcement action ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation, corporate law and consumer affairs, said the Government has failed to encourage Australians to invest in superannuation by creating an uncertain regulatory environment. Speaking ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... restore trust in our system," said Anne Stausboll, CalPERS chief executive. "We have turned all of this information over to the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, which is assisting us in our special review of placement agent activity given these and earlier ...