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Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... Australia and New Zealand while further tests are being conducted on Chinese-made children's clothing. According to European Union data, in the last month, Chinese goods were responsible for 55 per cent of a 50 per cent YTD increase on recalled products. ...

Suncorp and Tyndall outline team restructure

... Tyndall has formed a fund manager ranked the 18th largest in the country, according to Rainmaker, and not surprisingly, the union also heralded major staff changes and fresh appointments. Brett Himbury, the group's managing director in asset management ...

CommunityCPS launches charity foundation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... initiatives and charity foundations. The latest institution to do launch a charity foundation is the CommunityCPS credit union that operates in South Australia and the ACT with a $290,000 seeding allocation, that it will invest into targeted local charities ...

ALP wants industry funds on awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... small business contributes to when employees don't make a choice," said Dutton. "A not-for-profit super fund is code for a union run fund," he added. Dutton said the bigger problem is how the ALP wants to increase contributions to 15 per cent because ...

QWL sets sights on Eastern Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... targeting high growth in Eastern Europe, hoping to take advantage of the region's improving integration within the European Union. The QWL Euro # III Fund is being seeded with a $10 million injection and will invest into listed equities through the Stockholm ...

AustralianSuper appoints new BDM head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
AustralianSuper has appointed national secretary of the Finance Sector Union Paul Schroder as new general manager of business development. AustralianSuper chief executive officer Ian Silk said Schroder's relationship skills and extensive contact list ...

New partnerships and sponsorships announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... industry continues to ramp up its presence in the corporate sponsorship market with Wilson HTM, MFS and Community First Credit Union all recently announcing major community partnerships, donations and sports sponsorships. Wilson HTM have just launched ...

Aviva reshuffles its global deck

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... divisions to four regional sectors and upping Australia's role in the Asia Pacific region. The restructure sees former Norwich Union chief executive officer Simon Machell move to the new role of Asia Pacific chief executive, while Australian chief executive ...

Cuscal's customers commit for the long term

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
Credit Union Services Corporation (Aust) Ltd (Cuscal) has entered into long-term contracts with all its existing customers. All 117 credit unions that had partnered with Cuscal have re-signed contracts out to 2012. John Gilbert, chief executive of Cuscal ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... way we must do in future. We must all invest and improve in this area," he said. But it's the campaign being waged by the union movement in the UK that has really upset the BVCA. "The unions have been winning the PR battle. They've run a good campaign ...