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Co-operation key to avoiding pain from ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... undertakings, cancelled licenses and investigation from the regulator has raised questions about the best way to respond to scrutiny. Dr Hillary Ray, senior lawyer at The Fold says that businesses shouldn't underestimate how helpful the regulator can ...

Platform asset-based fees under fire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... says that, in an environment where the value each participant in the wealth management value chain is under increased scrutiny, it will become harder for retail platforms to justify an asset-based fee structure. "What I am certain of, from a retail platform ...

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... simplistic given the variety in size and reach of each member's pension systems. As structural deficits come under increased scrutiny, the research house has evaluated how increasing pension liabilities and decreasing funding basis could add to public ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... institutions have a responsibility to ensure that members' money is invested in companies that can stand up to ethical scrutiny. A recent survey by Australian Ethical Investment showed that while 62% of people consider it important that their investments ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... shareholders disagree with the amount directors are paid. AMP Capital head of ESG research Dr Ian Woods said the increased scrutiny of remuneration reports has led to improved discussions on other governance factors throughout the recent Annual General ...

Fund budget surplus with cuts to super tax breaks: Treasury

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... highlighted how - as super becomes more wired to the broader economy - funds will have to confront more intense stakeholder scrutiny. The CMFEU's (Construction Mining and Forestry Union) Victorian branch is involved in a bitter dispute with the Grocon ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... under a lot of pressure because they deal with the mum and dad investor but other gatekeepers have not been under as much scrutiny as they should be." In other markets, particularly in the US and the UK, it is normal for fund managers to be held accountable ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Finally, the CEO said that Australian banks would have to be sensitive to the fact that they will come under increased scrutiny in the future. "The banking industry has been savaged by one reputational problem after another. First it was the GFC, then ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Y, a US financial branding consultant group says the marketing world has already moved on. "After a decade of intense scrutiny, financial marketers are settling into the fact that Gen-Y isn't really all that different to other generations," wrote The ...