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Trustees gain climate change guide

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Superannuation trustees can get a firmer grip on what climate change means to portfolios after a trustee guide was updated to include information on the proposed carbon pollution reduction scheme and key questions to ask fund managers. The Investor ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was about 1.5 per cent higher at noon with stronger resources stocks leading gains across all sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 70.1 points, or 1.51 per cent, at 4720.5 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

PM Capital readies for recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
While many fund managers have been busy shedding staff, PM Capital has done the opposite, beefing up the group's senior ranks ahead of investors redeploying capital back into equities. The fund manager appointed former MMC Asset Management executive ...

CMC appoints head of wholesale

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
CMC Markets has appointed former MF Global executive Jamie Clinnick to the new role of head of wholesale. Clinnick will be responsible for targeting mid to large size financial institutions that are looking to add online broking and Contracts for Difference ...

Ban flipping arrangements: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Industry Super Network is calling for the immediate ban of 'flipping' - the transferring of members from a wholesale fund to a more expensive personal super product - citing high fees and increased insurance premiums as key problems of the practice. ...

IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) fund of hedge fund (FoHF) report on liquidity risk and appropriate due diligence could impact how the sector is regulated in the future, said a hedge fund expert. Following a consultation ...

FTSE4Good deletes 15 from series

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The FTSE4Good index series review resulted in 15 companies mostly based in Japan and the US being deleted from the series typically for failing to meet human and labour rights and environmental criteria. Japan-based companies Canon, Ibiden, Koito Manufacturing ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Caution removes caution. Just as the G-20 announced their caution in removing the fiscal and monetary crutch until the global economy is walking on its own, the word 'cautiously' in the 'cautiously optimistic' is fast disappearing in many an investment ...

Companies get proactive on corp governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Perennial Value Management's investment clout and the industry's growing focus on executive remuneration are prompting listed company chairmen to become more proactive in explaining their corporate governance policies. John Murray, managing director ...

Free planning for members in need: Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Equipsuper is hoping to give peace of mind to members in need by taking the extraordinary step of providing free planning services to members facing terminal illness. Equipsuper has introduced a new free service to members confronted with terminal illness ...