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New insto governance service launched

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Former ISS Governance Services executives have reformed under their own banner to launch a local governance service for institutional investors. Under the banner Ownership Matters, they said in a statement, "We have established Ownership Matters to ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street and the major Europen markets finished up overnight. At 0847 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 32 points at 4,281. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
The 'future is in your hands' industry panel participants treated day one of the 2011 AFA conference to a lively debate over the architecture of the future of financial advice reforms, the regulatory separation of superannuation from the rest of the ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for Australian super funds to protest against members of the News Corp board at its annual general meeting in Los Angeles today if the group's governance does not improve. Global media ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Make that October 26 - maybe. Yes folks the can has been kicked further down the road to nowhere. Less than five days ago -- at the end of the G20 Summit in Paris -- there was optimism in the air, there seems to be consensus among the top 20 moneymen ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
No mas! I have had enough, and enough is too much. If you're scratching your heads over the current goings-on in the financial markets, you're not alone. For how can we, mere code-breakers of policy pronouncements, divine the future when policy-makers ...

First State Super chief handles furore over tech security

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
First State Super has told Financial Standard it will not be pursuing legal proceedings against the 'goodwill hacker' who exposed a security flaw in its system, with the two parties to instead resolve any issues together. Michael Dwyer, chief executive ...

Fidessa expands Aust presence in time for Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The Australian broker market and wider investment vehicles are far more prepared for the introduction of Chi-X in less than two weeks than other economies in the past, according to Fidessa, but there is still more work to be done. Fidessa, a trading ...

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Asia Pacific is dominating Australian fund manager business, responsible for investing some $23.5 billion of locally managed funds at June 30 last year. According to research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Plan For Life, $32.1 billion was ...

IFM strengthens push for government infra deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Industry Funds Management has ramped up its push for governments and investors to unite on nation building infrastructure in the face of increased opportunities overseas, launching a national advertising campaign to spread the message. IFM has just ...