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Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The level of superannuation fund board members salaries is reducing effectiveness according to law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth chief executive John Denton. Speaking as part of a panel at The Economist Bellwether 2013 Australian Forum in Sydney this ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The launch of the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) - informally known as AQUA II - may be on the horizon following the release of a consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Widely seen as an alternative to big ...

EDHEC-Risk reveals risk control plan

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
After a three-year study into the European collective investment scheme industry, the EDHEC-Risk Institute has recommended a system of 'shared responsibility' to limit the non-financial risks which emerged following the global financial crisis. The ...

UK to ban exotic retail investment products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), looks set to ban the promotion of exotic investment products to retail investors, following the release of a consultation paper that said the product class should be restricted to sophisticated ...

Asian managers eye Fund Passport

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Asian asset managers are still confident in the region despite the effects of the global financial crisis and fragmentation in the market, said RBC Investor Services. In its latest industry poll, RBC Investor Services also said that while undertakings ...

FIRST Super invites Tony Abbott to board meeting

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... issues like investment strategy, most decisions end up being made by consensus." Employee director Mike Radda, who is head of UCI projects, said FIRST Super had led the way in transparency, publishing fees for each director and the chief executive's ...

UK FSA fines false advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011

State Street pushes Asian Funds passport

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
State Street has joined the chorus of voices in favour of establishing an 'Asian funds passport' along the lines of Europe's UCITS. But it remains to be seen whether anyone outside Australia is really interested. In a report released today State Street ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The most significant recommendation from the four major reviews in financial services comes from the Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than ...

Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Trust earns high rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Newly-launched managed fund, the Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Return Trust (GAT), has gained a four-star rating from S&P. The GAT is essentially a daily liquidity UCITS III vehicle that aims to take advantage of a number of global equity scenarios ...