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Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

... "If direct ownership is extinct. And it is. And it isn't going to return. We need to push for a fiduciary society with active participation in corporate governance, long termism and then we need to keep costs in mind." The session was a live air video ...

Clients push S&P to make ratings simpler

... reports over the course of the year. They have started that this month with their inaugural sector review on Australian active small cap managers.

Weaven trumpets industry fund growth figures

... period from 1 April to 1 October 2005, which he said were "quite staggering." The period recorded a 12 per cent increase in active employers, a 5 per cent increase in active members and a 16 per cent climb in funds under management. Weaven went onto ...

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

... APRA are committed to working with the industry to resolve these errors in the best interests of unit holders." This pro-active approach to minimise the chance of these problems reoccurring is echoed by APRA Member, Steve Somogyi. "APRA and ASIC are ...

HFA wins Vision Super mandate

... wishing to reduce their risk to international equities, diversifying away from directional market exposure, into a much more active absolute return focused fund." said Peter Coates, HFA's senior investment manager. Coates has said that the group's retail ...

New absolute return bond fund for Julius Baer

... introduce a global bond oriented absolute return fund. But this does not mean they are doing anything differently. "Global active managers take considerable bets against benchmarks, which means they can be well suited to adding short-selling strategies ...

ASIC gets active against small companies

Financial services watchdog ASIC has ramped up regulatory actions against people misleading creditors and consumers. ASIC has announced that it has successfully prosecuted 109 company officers and imposed more than $221,000 in fines and costs in the ...

Consumers say plain English please

Research reveals that most super fund members don't want 'more products' or 'extra features' but instead just want more 'plain English'. The research - due for release later this month - was sponsored by three of Australia's largest industry funds REST ...

Active managers not outperforming: State Street

New research from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) reveals that active managers are not outperforming and they warn investors to be cautious about their ability to outperform. The four year research project, called the SSgA Manager Persistence Survey ...