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Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Ireland's Pensions Board has launched an e-learning system that mandates trustees to undertake professional training every two years - a step some argue could be the way forward for Australian trustees. From 1 February 2010, Irish trustees are expected ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... proposed new investments, according to a media statement by CalPERS. CalPERS' placement agents include three former CalPERS board members, including longtime board president William D. Crist, who lobbied the pension fund on behalf of a fund manager looking ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... contingent fee arrangements and require placement agents to comply with the same rules as lobbyists." Last month, the CalPERS Board voted to sponsor new state legislation that would require placement agents to register as lobbyists; prohibit compensation ...

PIMCO senior exec to head Janus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... operating officer at PIMCO, Richard Weil, as chief executive effective next month. The group's chair Steve Scheid said the board chose Weil because of his work at PIMCO, including setting up the German arm and developing the global business. Weil has ...

IMCA adds five new directors

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) has added five new members to its board. The new members are: Brett Elvish, founder and director of Financial Viewpoint; Gareth Abley, head of asset consulting at MLC Implemented Consulting; Greg ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... not compulsory for super funds to disclose pay and, in many cases, they would only disclose the remuneration bands of the board. Super funds are not obliged to disclose the pay of all trustee directors and senior executives, like many listed companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... Securities Exchange at 1100 AEDT. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the minutes of its December 1 board meeting at 1130 AEDT. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes dwelling unit commencements data for the September ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... into prior to the close of business on 21 December this year. Rick Allert, chair at AXA Asia Pacific, said the Independent Board Committee would take the time to carefully consider the revised proposal and update its shareholders and the market when ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) submitted an indicative proposal to buy 100 per cent of Transurban stock ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... uniformed personnel using the fund, it's akin to an industry fund as it operates on a not-for-profit basis through a trustee board, has simple investment choices and offers online financial advice. It also has extremely low-priced annuities and is priced ...