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Another super buy for Snowball

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Dealer group Snowball has snapped up the corporate super business of Thornton Group - marking the financial services firm's continued buying spree. In an Australian Securities Exchange statement yesterday, Snowball announced it had acquired the corporate ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... conducted by Mercer and commissioned by the IFC, fund managers are increasing their interest in environmental, social and corporate governance factors in their investment decisions in emerging markets. The research notes that sustainable investments ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... either provide the information using a separate inset or include it in the statement. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said clear information about medium to long term returns can help fund members better appreciate ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... held a session in Sydney. Trustees, lawyers, asset consultants and other investment professionals are able to book a corporate course of their own dates by contacting ASFA.

ESG dogged by poor metrics: McKinsey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... study's report. The McKinsey survey asked chief financial officers, investment professionals, institutional investors, and corporate social responsibility professionals from around the world to identify whether and how environmental, social, and governance ...

Less tax on financial advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... the right people receive the most benefit. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, told an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) luncheon yesterday, that tax deductibility rules around financial advice ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Data compiled by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and University of Sydney showed that industry, corporate and public service plans consistently outperformed for-profit retail funds by up to 2.4 per cent per annum from March 2004 to ...

Opposition slams govt short selling claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report, declaring the government misrepresented the report. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Sherry said Australia's response is still one of the only actions to have passed the legislative regime ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Prudential Regulation Authority's disclosure and transparency laws. However, improved governance at the compliance, corporate and international level will be the critical ingredients to survive and learn from the GFC, he said. "I encourage you to be ...

Poidevin joins Pengana

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The former joint head of Citigroup Australia's corporate broking business, Simon Poidevin, leaves Citi to join Pengana as an executive director. Russel Pillemer, chief executive of Pengana Capital, said Poidevin's experience and profile will help provide ...