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16 December 2013 • By • 1 min read

Standard Life adds to policy guidelines

Global investment manager Standard Life Investments has strengthened its Governance & Stewardship Principles and Policy Guidelines to include new ...

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Credit ombudsman closes file on AFS claim

A client claim against Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group has been thrown out by the Credit Ombudsman Service Limited due to a lack of ...

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Risk advisers upbeat about 2014: Zurich

With the exception of the regulatory environment, risk advisers are much more optimistic about their businesses than they were 12 months ago, ...

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PM Capital lists global equity LIC

Sydney-based fund manager PM Capital has listed its first investment company (LIC) on the ASX. The PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund Limited ...

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Retail and institutional investors at odds on equities

The differences between institutional and retail investors’ attitudes towards equities remained pronounced in the September quarter, new research has ...

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Court finds failed scheme directors liable

Five former directors have been found liable for breaching their duties in the $550 million collapse of a managed investment scheme. Former federal ...

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Corporate earnings to drive growth in 2014

Corporate earnings will drive equity performance in 2014 as central banks around the world gradually withdraw liquidity from the market, according to ...

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Super fund ‘hypocrisy index’ on the cards

A global NGO chaired by former Liberal Party leader Dr John Hewson is threatening to name and shame super funds that fail to ‘walk the talk’ on ...

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ANZ appoints head of private banking

ANZ has appointed a former Royal Bank of Scotland banker to the position of head of private banking in Australia. Mike Norfolk joins ANZ from ...

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Former Octaviar director loses stay appeal

The former deputy chief executive of failed property managed investment scheme Octaviar Ltd (formerly MFS Ltd) has failed in his bid to have civil ...

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