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Directors face prison term for lack of disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Two Australian-listed company directors have been slapped with three-year jail terms for using offshore accounts to illegally hide their shareholdings in the business. The prison terms were handed to Stuart Corp and Brian Smith, directors of Corp and ...

Global LPT defies credit gloom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Amid the US sub-prime crisis, the global listed property sector has remained buoyant and continues to grow in Asia, according to ING Clarion. Ritson Ferguson, managing director and chief investment officer at ING Clarion Real Estate Securities said ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Funds that systematically factor in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are achieving better returns and grew at twice the rate of their mainstream counterparts, according to a new report. The latest research from Responsible Investment ...

Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... estate and Canadian resource properties and 10 per cent in any one entity. OMERS president and chief executive officer Michael Nobrega told the Commission the rules pushed pension funds to construct elaborate financial, legal and organizational structures ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Investor sentiment across developing countries in Asia remains buoyant, and higher than in more established and sophisticated markets, according to an ING study. The ING Investment Sentiment Tracking Study surveyed 1,308 'mass affluent' investors in ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The ACT Government's $1.4 billion Superannuation Provision Account investment portfolio is set to adopt the United Nations (UN) Principles for Responsible Investment and implement a risk-based approach to its investment decisions, following recommendations ...

CommBank gets online upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Riding on the increase in user traffic, the Commonwealth Bank has rolled out a series of IT upgrades to its website, designed to improve online security and cut by nearly half the time spent by customers navigating through their various web pages. The ...

Share trading reforms to lower transaction costs: ITG

... and Europe will have a positive knock-on effect on the trading costs of Australia's super funds and fund managers, said Michael Corcoran, director at Investment Technology Group (ITG). Corcoran said that regulatory reforms such as Reg NMS, which was ...

Quadrant appoints deputy CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Tasmanian based superannuation provider Quadrant has appointed Graeme Sundstrom to the newly created position of deputy chief executive. Most recently Sundstrom was general manager at Sorell Council where he worked directly with the council's financial ...

Fiducian launches India fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Fiducian has launched a multi-manager India fund, which includes India's best mid cap fund and large cap fund managers. Jai Singh, member of Fiducian Investment team and manager in investment projects, said the fund included the best large cap manager ...