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Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... in this controversial practice. Catalyst has called on large investors to review their ESG frameworks to put greater scrutiny on private equity firms' investments strategies. "A starting point for institutional investors who are concerned about the ethical ...

Perpetual and Thorney "instrumental" in OneVue IPO talks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... to the next stage. "None of us at OneVue are particularly public people and speaking to analysts and coming under more scrutiny is going to take up more of our time, but we behave internally like a publically-listed company anyway. We have a fantastic ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Super funds must prepare for a high level of activist scrutiny of their investments as a result of the increasing of portfolio disclosure requirements, according to Peter Lewis, director of Essential Media Communications (EMC). Under current plans ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... billion) and pointing to progress in its transition to a "devices and services" company. The Dow component has come under scrutiny for its comparative weakness in mobile technology products. Amazon jumped 9.4 per cent despite again reporting a loss ...

Could ASIC become the SMSF regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
The recent scrutiny that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have found themselves under from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) could be a taste of things to come, according to lawyer Claire Wivell Plater, managing director of ...

AustralianSuper to increase in-house investment capacity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... long-term assets such as infrastructure and passive investments would be appropriate, as they don't require the same level of scrutiny. In areas such as infrastructure, he added that fund managers' expertise was not deep enough. As industry funds in ...

HNW and SMSF under ATO scrutiny

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... it made 132 funds non-compliant due to serious breaches of their obligations. Wealthy individuals will also be under scrutiny and the ATO said it will undertake 1,000 income tax reviews of Australians with net wealth between $5 and $30 million and 500 ...

ASIC orders further PIS scrutiny over compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Professional Investment Services (PIS) will be subject to a monitoring program by an independent expert to ensure that its advice processes meet the standards set out in a major enforceable undertaking (EU). The EU came to an end on March 2012 and PIS ...

ATO to clamp down on multinationals and trusts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... international tax agencies, as seen recently with our work with the US and UK on tax haven data." Trusts will also come under scrutiny with the ATO setting up a Trust Taskforce to work with other agencies to tackle the misuse of trusts. "We will work ...

Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... currency and Australian investors have even less hope of gaining exposure. While structured products have come under scrutiny following the global financial crisis (GFC), with critics saying they are too complex for SMSF investors, self-confessed Buffett ...