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APRA releases draft prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released its proposed prudential standards, open to industry response until July 20. The regulator said it is proposing to introduce prudential standards covering topics common to other APRA-regulated ...

Count taps Clark, expands BDM network

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Former BT Financial Group executive Judy Clark has moved to Count Financial in the newly created role of senior executive member development. According to a memo circulated to members on Tuesday from chief executive David Lane, Clark's team aims to ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
BT Ethical Fund today joined the ranks of other Australian-based ethical investment specialists in being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed ...

Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Super fund members run the risk of being given the wrong information about the performance of their funds, according to a recent analysis by the Actuaries Institute. Recommendations, prepared for the actuarial profession and financial regulators, outline ...

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Merging superannuation funds will receive capital gains tax relief in the upcoming Budget, opening the way for the finalisation of a raft of proposed mergers, particularly in the not-for-profit superannuation space. Minister for Financial Services and ...

Poirier to exit BNP Paribas Investment Partners

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Co-head of institutional business development, Marian Poirier is leaving BNP Paribas Investment Partners following the announcement the firm would be ending their alliance with MFS. "Marian has contributed to BNPP IP's Australian business over the past ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Pausing for a jump or poised for a dive? At this point, the subject is very much subject to market interpretation. Wall Street's behaviour - and the rest of 'em major equity markets - over the past few days suggests that it's a 50/50 proposition. Said ...

MLC adds strategies, lowers share exposure

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
MLC has continued its spree of asset allocation changes with news of two new strategies for four of its MLC Horizon Series, including allocations to three managers and limiting its exposure to global shares. MLC has made an allocation to a multi-asset ...

BNP Paribas IP, MFS part ways

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia and MFS Investment Management are ending their alliance for the distribution of MFS investment products across Australia and New Zealand. In a move the parties are calling amicable, MFS Investment Management ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
World economies have reacted to news the US has retained its hold of the presidency of the World Bank following a vote. The executive directors of the World Bank Group voted Dr. Jim Yong Kim as president for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012. ...