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Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Super who is quoted in the report. "Using external fund managers there are five separate investment steps where there is agency risk. By getting closer to the underlying assets, you reduce [these] impacts," he said. Funds also believe more internal management ...

APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... just as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) lobbies the government to be included as a recognised agency as part of its data retention plans, Treasury is finalising its plans for a public Register of Financial Advisers and the ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. The scorecard, released by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency that was established by the previous Gillard government to monitor gender participation in the economy, revealed that across ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Council head John Brogden delivers a speech to the Australian Business Economists conference, and Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Helen Conway is to speak at an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch, all in Sydney. The CEDA workplace ...

SEC imposes US$4.16bn in penalties

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... mine data sources, which expanded the SEC's ability to target misconduct, and increased coordination with those inside the agency as well as the SEC's law enforcement and regulatory partners."

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... than wealthy sheikhdoms". The last time I ranted about oil was when financial markets picked up the International Energy Agency's (IEA) prediction of increased supply and reduced demand for the commodity. That was on 15 October when Brent oil prices ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... under advice has slowed from a five year annual rate of 11.9% to 3.7%. Some institutions, like the Future Fund Management Agency and New Zealand Super Fund, have no on-going consultant relationship and instead do the research themselves. Despite this ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... to small negative. Oil prices are dropping and are expected to keep on going down, down should the International Energy Agency's latest prediction comes to fruition. My database shows that no matter which measure of the slimy stuff you're tracking oil ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Government Super Scheme, Club Super and the United Technologies Corporation Retirement Plan. The Future Fund Management Agency allocation to hedge funds is meanwhile 14% of the funds it outsources to external investment managers. Rainmaker noted that ...

YBR's cash fund receives new ratings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... Money Investments has received two ratings for its Smarter Money Active Cash Fund. Australia Ratings, a new credit rating agency founded by former Standard & Poor's Managing director Chris Dalton, has given the fund an A rating. Dalton said this means ...