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Investors should take responsibility for themselves: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... cases of misconduct within Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) event, Medcraft outlined ASIC's deregulatory agenda, which responds to the government's effort to "cut red tape." ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft is slated to speak at an Australian Institute of Company Directors lunch in Sydney. In equities news, Nexus Energy has a creditors meeting scheduled in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on ...

MetLife Australia names new CFO

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Green said. Watt is a fellow of the Australian Society of CPA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney and has completed an Executive Development Program at The Wharton ...

PwC partner to join NAB board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. "We are delighted David has accepted our invitation to join the board given his significant knowledge and understanding of ...

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... 9.1% of the companies in the vanilla product were. On the governance side, in the ESG strategy had 74.9% of company directors were independent, less than 2% more than in the vanilla product. There were marginally more female board members in the ESG ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... inflation as the dollar continues to fall. Presenting his 2014 economic forecast at an Australian Institute of Company Directors' (AICD) lunch in Sydney, Blythe said Australia would need to negotiate an "inflation transition" over the coming years. Blythe ...

MetLife appoints new head of distribution

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... successful in running his own financial planning business. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Finsia and the Financial Planning Association of Australia. "I am delighted to welcome Mike to the Australia team. He brings ...

Executive pay under spotlight in new ACSI guidelines

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... has published new governance guidelines outlining how it will assess the behaviour and performance of public company directors. The updated guidelines, developed in consultation with ACSI member funds, focus on investor expectations of board practices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims is slated to speak at at the Australian Institute of Company Directors Leaders' Edge lunch in Melbourne. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher ...

Elana Rubin nabs property board appointment

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... the board of TAL, two roles that she had occupied since 2007. She is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Management and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia "Qualitas has exhibited an ability ...