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SimCorp to award excellence in risk management

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... strategy. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Adelaide, University of NSW law academic Gordon Cooper welcomed news that the ATO would work closely with SMSF trustees on in-house asset concerns and allow them ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... directors who are independent, how concentrated is the management structure, and type of executive remuneration. "The academic literature that introduced indices has not satisfactorily established that there is a causal relation between governance and ...

Applications open for FEAL CIMA Scholarship

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) is now accepting applications to this year's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) Scholarship. Applications for the $6,000 grant close on April 15. The scholarship will provide two fund executives ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... SMSF course run by Adelaide University. Tracey Scotchbrook won the Praemium Scholarship for her work in SMSF advice and academic excellence. Scotchbrook is a senior associate at a Perth accounting firm and seeks to continue her academic career by undertaking ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... categories; graduate member and associate member. An associate member is someone who doesn't work in the industry but may be an academic researcher or expert.

NGSS CEO wins Wharton prize

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... awarded the scholarship offered by FEAL in partnership with KPMG. "This opportunity will give me an insight to current academic thinking as well as the chance to network with industry participants who face the same issues as Australian investors," said ...

UN launches PRI think tank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... another step to bridge the gap between research and integration by creating a global network of PRI experts. The PRI Academic Network was launched at the European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE) conference. James Gifford, PRI executive director ...

AFA pilot course a success

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... PS 146 Training Australia chief executive, Mark Sinclair, said the pilot program reaffirmed the importance of blending academic rigour with practical experience when achieving the most productive learning outcomes. "The AFA has a very clear vision for ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... but imagine if they were speaking to people who are [investment experts], that's where the potential is," said Dunnin. Academic Roy Greene, the dean of Macquarie Graduate School of Management, suggested that Australia should take a leaf out of Ireland ...