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Invesco appoints head of sales from BT

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... consultants, in a variety of senior roles including client consulting, head of debt, and as a member of Frontier's investment policy and strategy committee. Bowditch and O'Connor will both commence at Invesco Australia on 1st July 2014. Invesco Australia ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... and responsible investment strategy." LGS has put responsible and sustainable investment at the centre of its investment policy, avoiding companies which have a 'material' (i.e. more than 10%) exposure to areas such as tobacco, gambling, armaments and ...

APRA to focus on reinsurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... involve determining premium scales, designing new types of policies, assessment of risks, formulation of corporate investment policy, testing of profitability and allocation of surplus to policyholders and shareholders. Actuaries are involved in many ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... modification and upgrade of nuclear explosive devices. "This warrants exclusion under the Fund's Responsible Investment Policy," she said. The Fund said nuclear warhead modification, retrofit and maintenance activities undertaken at nuclear bases have ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... develop a thorough understanding of their client's needs through regular meetings. Other advisers implement an investment policy statement which allows the adviser to learn more about their client and assist in taking action during market volatility," ...

Draft regulation released for Accountant Exemption

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... will boost the availability of high quality advice in the marketplace," said CPA Australia head of business and investment Policy, Paul Drum.

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... landscape, Stronger Super's primary function is to see funds employ better processes and advice. "Who invites APRA to investment policy committee meetings? I don't think even APRA would suggest that's a good idea," Miller said. "It's not up to APRA to ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... the Trio fraud. "APRA's focus is on governance of funds, the fitness and propriety of responsible persons, and investment policy," he said. "Supervision based on assumptions that governance failures are indicative of fraud would require considerably ...

CPA responds to advice exemption

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... 30, 2012. "Our view is if it isn't ready to go yet, it shouldn't start," said Paul Drum, head of business and investment policy for CPA Australia. "Equally, our discussions with the government have been that the accountants' exemption is in the same ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... liabilities should be taken into account while 70% agreed with the idea that an ALM would provide better optimal investment policy. Meanwhile, 63% agreed that there is a need to hedge endowment stream risk. Another obstacle mentioned by some SWFS, according ...