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APRA rebuffs super stats critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... APRA's Investment Performance Statistics of the Australian Superannuation Industry, said the criticisms do not stand up to scrutiny. "APRA is a disinterested reporter of statistical data. The fact that the average retail fund generates lower returns ...

Clear lines between ratings and research

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... investments have various degrees of inherent risk and not all products suit all people, " he added. PIR came under the scrutiny of ASIC last year into reports issued by the research house for investment products promoted by the Westpoint Group between ...

Super funds critical on alt investment regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Almost one third of super funds that invest in alternatives are unhappy with the level of regulatory scrutiny in the sector, according to a Deloitte survey. Deloitte conducted the two month survey ending in December last year in conjunction with interviews ...

FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... created a specific team which manages high impact firms, improved the education levels of FSA employees and increased its scrutiny of senior management of high impact firms. "I am determined through the programme of work that I am announcing today, that ...

SMSF numbers show huge jump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... realising the huge investment in time and resources required to build systems and processes that will satisfy the increased scrutiny by the ATO and provide cost effective solutions to clients," he said.

Germany rebuffed on hedge fund regulation call

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... view, saying sound macroeconomic fundamentals would minimise such issues. Hedge funds have recently come under renewed scrutiny after Amaranth Advisors LLC lost a record A$8.3 billion last September from bets on natural gas.

Fincorp lookalike under scrutiny

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has slapped a 'stop order' on the latest prospectus of Australian Capital Reserve (ACR), another high-yield debenture provider that employed the same aggressive marketing tactics as Fincorp. ...

AXA wins Life Insurer of the Year

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... "The whole insurance industry will benefit by the announcement of these awards as product and service levels are under scrutiny by advisers wanting the best for their clients."

Goldman Sachs wins Asia's bank of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Goldman Sachs has won IFR Asia's award for Bank of the Year following two months of scrutiny by IFR Asia's team of reporters and analysts. Matthew Davies, editor of IFR Asia, said: "Goldman Sachs has been described as the Tiger Woods of investment banking ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... those who have been unemployed for less than a year. Ms Sinclair reportedly said that while such behaviour was possible, scrutiny of job network members and the system would stop such practices. CSSA found that 40 per cent of people in subsidised jobs ...