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D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Tony D'Aloisio, chair at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has been nominated chair of the Joint Forum, a body that works closely with three of the biggest finance organisations in the world. The Joint Forum, which supports ...

FPA appoints deputy chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed Matthew Rowe, managing director at Hood Sweeney, as deputy chair of the association's board. Rowe, a member of the FPA board since last year, takes over the role from Mark Spiers, general ...

BNY Mellon opens for insto banking

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... the banking license. I suppose we are slow in doing this, having been in Australia for 30 years," said Chris Sturdy, chair of Asia Pacific at the Bank of New York Mellon, who came to Sydney for the event. Under its APRA license, the group is now a foreign ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

... Advisers (AFA) will get a chance to discuss the Ripoll Inquiry with the man behind the inquiry himself, after Bernie Ripoll, chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, agreed to address the AFA National Conference ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... equity investment program nearly 20 years ago. These principles will help us build on that foundation," said George Diehr, chair of CalPERS Investment Committee. "For the private equity industry as a whole, these guidelines will help ensure that participants ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... majority of the committee is yet to be determined however Rosemary Vilgan, chief executive at QSuper, has been appointed chair of the group. Donald Keith, deputy chief executive at FTSE Group, said the indices provide a better representation of the Australian ...

Duffield takes global role, Alcock promoted

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... growth initiatives, product development and planning for Vanguard globally, excluding the US. He retains his role as chair of the board of Vanguard Investments Australia. As a result, Alcock has assumed Duffield's prior role as chief executive at Vanguard ...

IFSA's Gilbert resurfaces at law firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association from 2002-2009, and for the past three years was chair of the International Investment Funds Association (based in Montreal, Canada) and the Finance Industry Council of Australia, the ...

Premium shareholders approve program

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... the opportunity to do so at a value that will be close to the value of the company's asset backing," said Tom Collins, chair of the company, before the shareholders voted. "Importantly, it will also allow those shareholders who want to remain as long ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... Australian Securities and Investment Commission regulation or through financial planning associations, he said. Tony Cook, chair of the institute's Wealth Management Committee, said the stress test would allow consumers to understand the impact of high ...