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EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... tightened and risk premiums dropped some 1.5%. Ivorian sovereign debt returned a staggering 89.1% following after the end of the civil war resulted in the government paying interest for the first time in 25 years. "You could virtually throw darts at ...

AvSuper appoints Perpetual for a $75m equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... up in 1990 to administer the superannuation benefits of employees and former employees of Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The AvSuper equities mandate is now part of Perpetual's Concentrated Equity strategy. The ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has expressed its support for the US government's civil lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Rating Services. Early this month, the US Department of Justice sued the agency for fraud ...

RIAA appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... Foundation (ACF). "We are thrilled that Simon is joining RIAA, and are particularly excited about Simon's track record in linking civil society and the investment community," commented Pablo Berrutti, chair of RIAA's board of directors. "Strengthening ...

Understand borrowing laws warns ATO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... are deliberately entered into to get around the law, which can result in the fund's trustees being disqualified, facing civil penalties or even facing criminal charges. Given that the fine details are important, Quigley warned trustees to be sure that ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Was it good? Or was it bad? I refer, of course, to that mother of all eco stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - the one that'll guide financial market activity, if not through the end of this year or longer, at least until next month. It was good. ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... aggressively with Singapore on operating and compliance costs. In contrast, in Indonesia investment funds are constituted under civil law contracts not trust law, said Fakhri Hilmi, head of the investment management bureau, Bapepam-LK, in Indonesia. ...

ASIC civil case a dead duck: Storm founders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Lawyers for Storm founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis have urged Federal Court judge John Reeves to dismiss ASIC's civil action, saying the regulator has no reasonable prospect of success in prosecuting the couple for breach of director duties. ASIC ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... retirement." In addition to his role at the Department of Transport, Townsing is a serving Community & Public Sector Union and Civil Service Association Councillor, is Chairman of the Civil Service Association's Superannuation Committee and serves on ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... returned to Australia for the benefit of investors, including almost US$1 million for investors in Master Fund. ASIC is taking civil penalty action against the operators of Master Fund and 13 other schemes, including David Hobbs (a New Zealand citizen ...