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Institutional investors warm to hedge funds

The growing participation from the institutional sector in hedge funds is set to change the industry's dynamics as investors demand an increase in accountability and transparency. The second annual Hedge Fund Forum held in Sydney opened with a panel ...

Companies on track towards IAS compliance: ASIC

ASIC's latest review of financial report disclosures on the progress of listed companies towards the adoption of international accounting standards has revealed 99 per cent of companies have provided disclosure under AASB 1047 'Disclosing the Impacts ...

Investing pre-tax or post tax? That is the question: Navigator

According to Navigator research manager Stuart Fechner some investment decisions can be attractive on an after-tax basis but unattractive on a pre-tax basis causing dilemma as fund managers are measured against each other by asset consultants and research ...

Navigator offers more choice

Navigator has included eight additional funds available for investment across a number of asset classes via its Personal Investment Plan and Personal Retirement Plan. The changes take the number of investment options for the plans to over 170 and all ...

ASIC consults over super fund product choice

ASIC has invited public comment on its policy proposals providing relief as to how trustees of superannuation funds provide information about different investment strategies available to their members. The proposals relate to investment strategy choices ...

In the end it's all about relationships

Today's banking environment is all about relationships according to latest research from East & Partners. In a highly competitive and sophisticated market commercial customers are now demanding more from their bankers and it's not about products, it's ...

Basel II for Australia in 2008

APRA has decided the new global supervisory framework for assessing the capital adequacy of deposit-taking institutions, Basel II, will be fully implemented in Australia by January 1, 2008. The framework was developed by the Basel Committee on Banking ...

New venture delivers mortgage funds

Two new income funds will be offered to retail and wholesale investors through a joint venture between the James Fielding Group and Balmain NB. The JF AQUA income funds are a series of mortgage funds offering different levels of risk and returns to ...

Debt collection protection

With the levels of personal and household debt on the rise, ASIC and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have jointly released a manual defining their respective roles in the regulation of debt collection. While both bodies recognise ...

Survey reveals difficulties in measuring non-financial performance indicators

Approximately 34 per cent of board and top executives say their companies are proficient at monitoring critical non-financial indicators of corporate performance according to a survey conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the Economic Intelligence ...