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Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Australian institutional investors eyeballing Asian investment opportunities need to understand not only their investment markets, but how different Asian business networks and regulatory systems are to Australian systems. Catching out novice Australian ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Family businesses' long-term focus and emphasis on product quality has enabled significant out-performance of the market and placed them in good stead to act as drivers for economic recovery, according to Credit Suisse research. A recent survey of 280 ...

NZ Superannuation completes five new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Gavin Walker has been appointed chair of the Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation, the Crown Entity which manages the $19 billion fund. Gavin is currently the chairman of ASB Bank, Sovereign Insurance, CommSec, the Kirin International Advisory ...

Retail MySuper to put NFPs on back foot

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
MySuper will result in a flip in market dynamics, with the retail sector producing the cheapest default products and industry funds forced to a defensive stance on costs, a former Future Fund boss has warned. Labelling ING Direct's newly launched Living ...

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Once it peaks in 2013, the $260 billion of [predominantly resources, and especially gas-based] business investment already in Australia's development pipeline will start declining rapidly, resulting in a significant growth slowdown in 2014. This was ...

Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The New South Wales Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in the long-running case against New Zealand businessman David Hobbs, who stands accused of heading a US$42 million Ponzi scheme. ASIC first took action against the unlicensed operators of ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Governments, asset owners and corporations will need to work together in a stronger partnership to achieve a sustainable investment future, new research from Towers Watson has found. After surveying 22 asset managers in conjunction with Oxford University ...

ipac securities awards Vinva $1.2bn mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
ipac securities has awarded Vinva Investment Management a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate, following a detailed review of its manager composition in the Australian share sector. ipac's decision to award Vinva this mandate follows breaking ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

Sunsuper creates new product division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Sunsuper has created a new product division and appointed Andrew Nicholson to the executive role of general manager, product to its Brisbane office. The newly created division will look after a range of super, insurance, financial advice and retirement ...