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Cromwell recruits ex-rugby manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... believe has significant potential for potential growth," said Cromwell. Howard holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and is currently undertaking an executive MBA from the ...

Christian Super avoids tobacco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... super fund members wanted them to avoid the tobacco industry. A survey conducted by the Cancer Council of NSW and the University of Newcastle found 63 per cent of superannuation members wanted their funds to exclude investment into tobacco companies. ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... chairman. Representing the academia were Marilyn Clark-Murphy, head of accounting, finance and economics at Edith Cowan University and John Piggot, associate dean of research at the University of New South Wales. Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... problems about to confront us. Reflecting this, Professor Wolfgang Fischer from the School of Economics at James Cook University in North Queensland, said, "the terms of trade should not be used as synonymous with the wealth of Australia... terms of ...

FPA takes it to the grassroots

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... Financial Planners Council, made up of the country's key industry players, to raise awareness of the profession among university students. The Council will design marketing material for FPA members, create programs targeting university students and graduates ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... fairly value them or what the risks were inside them," said Martin Gold from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Wollongong. Gold recently explored the issue in his research paper Reform of Investment Organisation in Australia's Local ...

Magellan builds infrastructure team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... position. Prior to joining Magellan, Webster spent five years at Capital Partners, and four years as an academic at the University of New South Wales' school of banking and finance. Webster focused primarily on the transport and infrastructure sectors ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... awarded the Sun Yefang award, China's highest economic honour, Lin has taught at several universities including Peking University, the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong and the Australian National University. "As our first chief economist ...

Zurich sets up Climate Change council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008

Gray shifts to academia

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... including working closely with the Centre for Capital Markets Dysfunctionality at the London School of Economics, Toulouse University and University of Technology Sydney. Looking ahead, Gray hopes to spend time giving advice to several fund managers ...