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AustralianSuper creates governance role

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
AustralianSuper has further redefined the 'super fund' mould by creating a new governance role and expanding its position in the wealth management industry. Andrew Gray will join the fund in July in the newly-created role of governance manager in the ...

Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
As the Australian financial regulatory sphere becomes more complex, Macquarie University is set to offer a new master's degree in financial regulation. The tertiary institution has teamed up with Promontory Financial Group to offer the course, said ...

Christian Super urges more transparent investment beliefs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Christian Super has put in place a new Investment Belief Statement (IBS), and urged others to follow suit to help avoid a future financial crisis. The $600 million fund headed to New York to speak at the American Conference Institute's National Summit ...

Continuous disclosure continuous change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Continuous disclosure for Australia's listed companies is becoming more complex due the introduction of stock market competition, new media, and algorithmic trading and companies need to adapt their investor relations strategies to handle these developments. ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
The $17 billion industry fund Sunsuper is actively increasing its focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment by creating a new management role. Stuart Wilson, former chief executive officer at the Australian Shareholders' Association ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Australian super funds accused of not 'walking the walk' after the nation's first climate change resolution did not pass, despite voting funds saying they support carbon disclosure. The vote was held at Australian oil and gas company Woodside's annual ...

AXA name adviser of the year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Paul Aspros of PSK Financial Services, the national annual adviser Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy. Aspros, practice principle of Sydney based PSK Financial Services and licensed by Charter Financial Planning, said the award is a great honour at a time ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Institutional investors and fund managers can use a new Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings data service from global index provider FTSE Group to identify eligible companies for investment. The FTSE4Good ESG ratings product, launched this ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten fielded prickly questions from financial planners after giving a speech on the Future of Financial Advice reforms at a luncheon gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

Extra year for tax related overhauls

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
The federal government has granted an extra year to both Managed Investment Trusts (MITs) and financial planners providing tax advice to come to terms with new legislation. Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation ...