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Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Treasurer Wayne Swan's banking reform is also a warning of what could be in store for superannuation. Yesterday the Treasurer released his long awaited reform package and while it wasn't aimed at super funds and wealth managers, if some of the key consumer ...

ASIC scorecard shows mixed results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... in the integrity of Australia's capital markets (44 out of 100). Only 21 out of 100 rated the regulator as performing this task poorly. ASIC also ranked well in managing the domestic and international implications of the global financial turmoil, and ...

AMP won't be fifth banking pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
AMP's decision to strengthen wealth management, not banking, should it merge with AXA just made the government's task of bringing more competition in banking that much harder. Craig Dunn, AMP managing director, told ABC television yesterday that the ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The hung parliament is all that stands in the way of controversial "opt in" requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant ...

ACSA appoints new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... great deal of infrastructure that supports the financial services industry in Australia." Cutts said that it was now his task to ensure that ACSA were continually involved in the reform process for the benefits all of ACSA members. "As we enter into ...

ASIC super expert joins ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
ASFA has hired former ASIC senior executive superannuation leader, Louise du Pre-Alba, as its new director of policy. Du Pre-Alba was previously head of super at ASIC and will take up her role immediately on a part-time basis, before working full-time ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... performance. "If you are serious about being a fund that invests in sustainability, you need to allocate sufficient resources to the task and we felt that our objectives would be best achieved by having a dedicated person rather than making it part of ...

SG Hiscock wins $500 million AREIT mandate from Challenger

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... Rainmaker information had total funds under management of $1.32 billion as of June 30. "The size in itself is not a daunting task but very pleasing given the challenges the AREIT sector has been going through in recent times" Stephen Hiscock, chairman ...

Select mandates AQR and Och Ziff Capital

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Select Asset Management has appointed AQR Capital Management and Och Ziff Capital Management Group to its hedge fund manager line-up as part of a strategy revamp. AQR and Och Ziff Capital's mandates will be part of the hedge fund component within Select's ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... song remains the same. "... we have come a long way, but there is still some way to travel... for much of the world, the task of economic recovery and repair remains far from complete." But, "...t he FOMC will do all that it can to ensure continuation ...