Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 9351 - 9360 of 12425 results for "Focus"

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...

Ecofin Australia wins sustainable mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... offshore institution and will be invested with our thematic view on global efficiency and climate change, with our strong ESG focus," said Ashton. "We will continue our focus on the industries we see as best positioned to leverage the transition to global ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat, in defiance of a positive finish on Wall Street. At 1029 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,281.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 4.7 points, or ...

PIS names new risk manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... process improvement initiatives that achieve greater compliance and business outcomes," said Walther. Quine has a particular focus on implementing robust and responsive risk and compliance frameworks, increasing the business value proposition and delivering ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... not-for-profit funds. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), said the focus should be on the nation's retirement incomes policy and not ideology. "Mr Abbott's view on super seems to be driven by ideology ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Rapid growth in Exchange Traded Products and growing concern about new synthetic variants has prompted international financial regulators to issue a discussion paper on whether and how the sector should be regulated. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) include ...

Xenophon targets super funds for greater transparency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Remuneration together with better risk disclosure and information benchmarks will be the focus of new proposed legislation from independent Senator Nick Xenophon aimed at increased transparency in superannuation. The move was sparked by concern over ...

PIMCO lands OnePath advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... more actively invest in fixed income assets." PIMCO said it wants to bring fixed income as an asset class back into planner focus, a class PIMCO said whose returns are underestimated. In its survey of financial advisers, PIMCO found 65% of respondents ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... equity (down 14%), listed property and Australian equities (both down 10%) and international equities (down 9%). Shifting the focus to distribution segments, Rainmaker noted that the fastest growing we were small super funds which climbed 2.2%, not-for-profit ...

Southeastern targets instos with Australian expansion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
Southeastern Asset Management has opened an Australian office based in Sydney to attract Australian institutional investors to its long-term global equity strategy. The Australian and New Zealand business has already attracted local institutional mandates ...