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UN PRI needs public reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... models, are you going to do something about it?" said Sullivan. Sullivan was in Australia this month as a speaker at an ESG Forum presented by Ethical Investor.

Financial Ombudsman Service launched

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... "Complaints schemes play a vital role in the broader consumer protection framework for financial services. They provide a forum for consumers to resolve complaints against industry that is quicker and cheaper than the formal legal system and an opportunity ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... misguided, argues Ken Henry, secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury. Henry's comments, in a speech he gave yesterday to a forum of Australian Business Economists in Sydney, takes the fight up to people arguing that our current targets are too low, that ...

From cash to prosperity: AFA

Financial planners will be given a helping hand at this year's Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) national forum by some of the planning industry's best to set them on their paths to success. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA said this ...

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... government-guaranteed body - such as the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation model outlined by the Australian Securitisation Forum - will be a viable solution to the crisis, said S&P. One of the key bones of contention lies in the competitiveness ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The group was created in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam war as a quasi security-cooperation forum in a midst of feared instability regarding the then perceived communist threat and political uncertainty. While Japan ...

Super funds to resurrect ailing RMBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... 2008. Greg Medcraft, executive director and chief executive of the newly-established industry body Australian Securities Forum (ASF) acknowledged that Australian financial institutions are currently suffering from high costs of funds compared to other ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... analytical skills. Further illustrating the educational challenge, another report recently released by the Dusselldorp Skills Forum called Facing up to Australia's Skills Challenge said, "the ABS recently estimated that 46 percent of adults - or seven ...

Managed accounts expands asset mix

... include term deposits, fixed interest products, structured products and agribusiness. Speaking at the Financial Standard forum on managed accounts early this month, David Heather, head of distribution at Investment Administration Services said the debate ...

ASF appoints exec director

Australia's representative body for the securitisation industry, the Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF), has appointed Greg Medcraft as executive director. Prior to his appointment, Medcraft was the managing director and global head of securitisation ...