corporate

Governance

Deconstructing the highly embarrassing Wirecard affair

The collapse of one of Germany’s darling tech companies highlights the failure of self-regulation by auditors and the need for investors to heed the signs of accounting fraud by a whistleblower says Alex Wise.

Alex WiseJuly 15, 2020

Equities

Rethinking China’s role in emerging market equity portfolios

There is no discernible performance differential between the average ‘local’ manager versus the average ‘global’ asset manager when in investing in China, says Robert Doyle of bfinance.

Laurence Parker-BrownJuly 14, 2020

Investment Strategy

Super Friend attracts government interest

Programs created by Super Friend to cut suicide rates by making workplaces a centre for helping those at risk of mental illness is attracting government interest. Mental health initiatives typically focus on individual members, but Super Friend’s pilot makes members aware of themselves and their colleagues. It also recognises that being connected to the workplace […]

David RowleySeptember 30, 2013

Investment Strategy

State Street is new Sunsuper custodian

State Street Corp. will be the new custodian for Sunsuper after beating incumbent National Australia Bank Ltd. for a contract worth $25 million over five years.

I & T NewsNovember 21, 2011

Investment Strategy

Editor’s Pick #4

New York Times reports police have begun clearing Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street protestors. The rigours of today’s tennis schedule are chiefly to blame for the sorry condition of the sport’s elite players http://econ.st/sAQ8Hu DealBook: A Wave of Partner Retirements at Goldman Sachs http://nyti.ms/rYmaqn #Egypt guards beat 118 detain migrants from #Eritrea, including 40 granted #refugee status, […]

I & T NewsNovember 15, 2011

Investment Strategy

Obituary: Erik Mather: Correction

Zealous, indefatigable and relentless; and with unlimited patience to challenge, engage and lead; we all lost our governance hero with the death yesterday of Erik Mather.

I & T NewsSeptember 27, 2011

Investment Strategy

AllianceBernstein CEO Peter Kraus flies in on corporate jet to reassure clients, employees

Peter Kraus, AllianceBernstein’s chief executive, flew to Sydney on the company’s corporate jet last week to celebrate 20 years in Australia.

I & T NewsAugust 23, 2011

Opinion

Time for action on governance but who should be the catalyst?

When Barack Obama was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize it tended to overshadow all other prizes, including the one for economics. The Nobel prize for economics went to two US academics, Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University and Oliver Williamson of University of California Berkeley, for years of work into the efficiency of institutions, such […]

Staff WriterNovember 2, 2009

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