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Big improvements in Australian corporate governance: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... engage. The report, "The changing roles and responsibilities of company boards and directors", was conducted by the University of Technology Centre for Corporate Governance (UTS CCG) and was supported by the Australian Research Council and Dibbs Abbott ...

Austock appoints new head

... billion in domestic equities. Sheen has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Applied Finance from the University of Western Sydney. In his new role, Sheen will be responsible for over $400 million in funds across equity, high yield and ...

Insto investors down but not out

... investors fell from 117.1 to 106 points and for European investors, the figure fell from 86.6 to 82.3 points. Harvard University professor Ken Froot, who was involved in the research, said, "The behavior of institutional investors this past month reflected ...

A third of over 55s will never retire: Citibank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... 11 per cent in November 2006. Professor Sol Encel, honorary research associate at the Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW, said, "Whilst many Australians have good intentions to work during retirement, it is, in most cases, an unreal expectation. ...

Harvard Endowment Fund chief quits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... oversaw a 23 per cent increase in returns - the fund's best performance in seven years. James F. Rothenberg, Harvard University treasurer and chairman of the HMC board of directors, said the company would miss his leadership. "The endowment's recent ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... return to APRA in another senior role in 2009. Originally from Adelaide, Ellis became a Fulbright Scholar at Cornell University, where she earned a PhD in Management. She had earlier obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (Honours) from the University ...

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... in place, there would be no policing of them." Robert Bloomfield, professor of management and accounting at Cornell University in Michigan, a noted commentator on Second Life, said he didn't see anything fundamentally wrong with the Second Life economy ...

Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... investment officer Terry Newson. Referring to figures from the International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) at the University of Toronto, he said the figures showed good governance, risk management and alignment of interests could add anything ...

Being smart doesn't guarantee wealth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... paying jobs but that just means they have more money to waste. The study, conducted by Jay Zagorsky from Ohio State University, found that people of below average intelligence were just about as wealthy as those with higher IQ scores. The good news is ...

Finsia appoints interim CEO

... his non-executive interests, particularly in education, with responsibilities as treasurer of Ascham School and the University of Sydney's Women's College. During his appointment, Harrison will carry the business in the short term while the group searches ...