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Government responds to proxy vote concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... accountability in relation to remuneration for company directors and executives. Specifically, the Act addresses conflicts of interest in the remuneration setting process by prohibiting key management personnel from voting on remuneration matters. An ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... to be in consumer stocks - it is lavatory paper, it is snack foods, it is noodles - these are the sorts of things that interest us - day to day household items that people need and are going to go on wanting and which are not particularly sensitive at ...

Neuberger Berman expands team in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... had our Australian licence for a year, we've launched an Australian domiciled trust and are continuing to see strong interest here in the Neuberger Berman approach. "While Neuberger Berman runs about 160 separate investment strategies across 44 investment ...

Tyndall scoops Causeway AM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... be completed in early June. Tyndall offers Australian equities, international equities and Australian and global fixed interest funds to retail and institutional investors in Australia. It has over $22bn in funds under management as at 30 September 2011) ...

XPLAN upgrades for goals based advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
IRESS has made enhancements to its software solution XPLAN, with the aim of assisting advisers in delivering goals based advice to their clients. The recently upgraded XPLAN tool helps advisers to discuss and frame up one specific goal at a time with ...

Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... an agent of that company and feel a compulsion to promote those products to clients - and is that in a client's best interest or not?"

APRA empowered to chase rogue superfund directors

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
The Lower House of Parliament has passed legislation that will give the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority greater powers to pursue "rogue superfund directors". The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) ...

SFG Australia appoints executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
SFG Australia has appointed former WHK Group head of financial services, John Cowan as member of its group executive management team. Cowan assumes responsibility for the Group's portfolio administration business, working with the Group's Cortex 'Best ...

Low cost pensions to shake-up UK market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... new breed of low cost operators entering the fray with fees from 0.3% pa plus a weekly admin charge. Attracting their interest is that the UK is already the world's largest annuity market, accounting for A$19bn in annual sales but forecast to double ...

Property syndicate launches for HNW and SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... growing spread between term deposits and direct property, which currently sit at around 3-4% after the recent lowering of interest rates, means SMSFs are very attracted to the yields on offer in direct property. "The new Trust is one opportunity for ...