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Former Trio director provides enforceable undertaking

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... director of Trio, had contravened the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. Among APRA's concerns were that the board had not put sufficient pressure on Trio to cease making investments with related-party investment managers and investments ...

Advisers need to overcome financial planning stigma

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... financial planner, but they don't have confidence in financial planning as a general concept. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FSPB) United States chief executive Noel Maye said yesterday that "people trust their financial adviser, but they don't ...

Philanthropic trust awards $2m biomedical research grants

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... totalling over $1.2 million. Perpetual's head of philanthropic services Andrew Thomas said: "This year's winners join an honour board of outstanding individuals and institutions pioneering vital frontiers for medical research. "It is important to reflect ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... happens in five years if you're the CEO? Three outcomes: one, they've done very poorly and you're going to get flak from the board. Then you're looking to terminate people, which is very, very difficult in Australia with Fair Work." Terminating a fund ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
DEXUS Property Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have joined forces in a bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). DEXUS announced today that the consortium had made an indicative, non-binding proposal to Commonwealth ...

AustSuper's executive restructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... it monitors through workplace metrics that it benchmarks. The fund also noted that 42% of its management, executive and board of directors are female, with a similar proportion aged 50 years or more.

International advice meeting to develop new strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The international Financial Planning Standard Board (FPSB) will look to develop new financial planning strategies during its meeting in Sydney later this month. The FPSB owns the international Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification program ...

FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Commercial print company PMP Limited has become the latest ASX-listed mid-cap to announce it will access the corporate bond market through a wholesale note issue arranged by bond broker FIIG Securities. The 4-year senior unsecured bond issue is set ...

BTIM announces replacement for retiring chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Limited (BTIM) Brian Scullin as chairman when he retires on 6 December after six years in the role. Evans joined the BTIM Board as a non-executive director in 2010 and is the current chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He has more than ...

Peak6 reopens to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... market. "We have a great pipeline of Australian investors. Family offices and funds of funds have been the quickest to get on board. While pension funds tend to take a bit longer to complete due diligence, they are great clients because they have a longer-term ...