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Independent directors not the silver bullet answer, super fund chairs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... directors and whether a time limit should be placed on a board member's tenure. Neil Cochrane, chair of the Commonwealth Bank Officer's superannuation fund, said a board performance review was carried out at CBA every four months. "The information is ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... see is the Australian dollar fall a lot, which will help to stimulate the Australian economy, and then assuming the reserve bank has interest rates where they are now, they can cut them a lot and that will redirect demand from the external to the domestic ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... Greece tapped former central banker Lucas Papademos as interim prime minister and (amid) reports of the European Central Bank buying Italian and Spanish debt," said Scott Marcouiller of Wells Fargo Advisors. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly ...

Challenger's Stevens resigns, names successor

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Polson. Prior to joining Challenger in 2003, Benari held senior executive roles with JP Morgan, Bankers Trust, Macquarie Bank and Zurich Capital Markets. "I am honoured and excited to be assuming the role and look forward to extending Challenger's early ...

Instreet launches risk service for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
A new risk management service is being trialled with advisers that provides risk assessments for direct share and ETF portfolios, according to investment house and service developer, Instreet Investment. The portfolio stress test and risk management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... market. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for October. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (economic) Philip Lowe delivers a speech to the Australian Farm Institute Agriculture Roundtable ...

Insto clients forecast a low growth world economy

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Pessimism about the outlook for global growth has significantly worsened since March, according to a survey of institutional clients by global investment management firm PIMCO. PIMCO surveyed clients before its recent Macroeconomic Forum and asked respondents ...

Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... and/or boosting economic activity. If the Italian government's borrowing costs don't come down soon, the European Central Bank (ECB) may need to shop for more Italian bonds, or the EFSF would need to come into play - and definitely need to be expanded/leveraged ...

Antares launches inflation-linked fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Wholesale and institutional investors now have access to the new Antares Inflation Linked Bond Fund, launched by specialist manager Antares Fixed Income, in response to more investor demand in this asset class. While this class is traditionally occupied ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... on the local market at 1210 AEDT was gold, up 1.26 per cent, according to Iress data. Making news on Tuesday, Commonwealth Bank has told shareholders at its annual general meeting on Tuesday it expected subdued credit growth to continue into next year ...