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Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... also said that super funds don't necessarily have to adopt a single clearing house model and argued that multiple clearing houses will work as long as there's a 'single point of truth' or an industry standard on what set of data every member is identified ...

Senate showdown looms on Clearing House legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... major amendments to the Government's legislation to authorise the Medicare monopoly on Approved Superannuation Clearing Houses is setting up another Senate showdown."The Coalition needs to indicate today that they will allow this important measure to ...

Citi and GSJBW win ESG awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... Citi Investment Research & Analysis won the Best ESG Broking Firm as Voted by Investment Managers. The firm beat broking houses from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Macquarie, Merrill Lynch and UBS. "When we founded ESG Research Australia in March last ...

Funds want better EMs access

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... sometimes favours is using direct mandates awarded to their stable of 20 boutique and specialist investment management houses. Illustrating the opportunities for institutional investors that get it right, while international equities managers across ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... Sicilia met with Chinese lawyers, tax professionals, regulators, investment management firms and state-owned investment houses in a bid to better understand the investment mood and economic conditions of China. The fund has ruled out directly investing ...

IMA research lag hampers investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... at Private Portfolio Managers, the US' IMA and separately managed accounts (SMA) markets are well serviced by research houses such as Morningstar, along with smaller specialist institutions such as Lockwood. But while providers in Australia such as S&P ...

Fin services execs rock on for charity

... chair at FICAP. "Normally a function will be run by a particular fund in the industry, whereas this is attended by research houses and financial planners and all the major banks and insurers." FICAP typically raises $100,000 through the event and these ...

GSJBWAM Aussie equities wins rating upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management's (GSJBW) Australian equities team continues to impress ratings houses after gaining another rating upgrade from Lonsec. Lonsec upgraded the GSJBW Australian equities portfolio from 'investment grade' to 'recommended'. ...

Clearing house model to be multi competitive: Tsy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... signals that while the government appointed Medicare as the small business clearing house, it expects multiple clearing houses to be operating in the market. "[It will] allow employers to meet their obligation to make compulsory superannuation contributions ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... Fed would have it no other way. But first let's take a look at the hard data. Give thanks for Americans are again buying houses. US existing home sales jumped by 10.1 per cent in October and are now 23.5 per cent higher than they were last year. And ...