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FuturePlus eyes international property

Hands up if you're an international property fund manager with a strong business case. FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson wants to hear from you. At Financial Standard's Best Practice seminar on building a global investment portfolio held ...

SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
Pre-registrations for the anticipated $3 billion SnowyHydro initial public offering may be open today but resistance to the sale shows no signs of watering down. SnowyHydro is the NSW and Victorian irrigation and hydro electric power scheme that channels ...

Mariner joins SEQUAL to promote reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
With plans to grow its reverse mortgage offering, Mariner Retirement Solutions has announced it has become a member of the Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL). SEQUAL is a not-for-profit body for providers of equity release ...

Proposed super cut will widen inequality for women: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
IFSA has panned a Government task force's proposal to reduce super contributions, a move that may leave working women and casual employees without any superannuation contributions, contributing to widening inequality. Echoing the message sent by Association ...

Bribery and corruption policies hard to find

On the back of the AWB scandal, research from the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) reveals that only half of Australia's largest companies have policies banning bribery or corruption. The research, which looked at companies in the S&P/ASX ...

Consumers not dumb, just confused about WM industry: ACA

The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) says the release of the 2005 ANZ Financial Literacy Research and the Study of Consumers in Financial Difficulty confirms consumers are not dumb. Peter Kell, ACA Chief Executive Officer said he commended the ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC) has started reviewing fund managers regarding how actively they exercise 'active ownership' principles such as exercising proxy voting and participating in constructive shareholder engagement. Mercer IC has taken ...

Unit pricing the right way

Unit pricing inconsistencies and mistakes across the market have prompted industry regulators to jointly release a unit pricing good practice guide. The regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities ...

Macquarie LPT buys into booming US retail market

... and deliver an improved earnings profile for investors looking to capitalise on the US' vibrant retail market. His comments echo those of Macquarie Property Investment Management joint head Simon Jones who said earlier this month, "We are seeing strong ...

BT unveils new structures and roles for senior executives

... superannuation business BT has also added to its services in that space. In December it launched a clearing house dubbed ECHO (Employer Clearing House Online) and has since added new investment options to its corporate super products, BT Business Super ...