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Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) of the early 2000s stopped after 800 deaths. Reuters too. It pointed to a 2008 study conducted by the IMF that predicted that an influenza pandemic could cost US$3 trillion and a 5 per cent fall in world output. ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Yesterday's civil proceedings against seven former non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie is a "landmark decision" in Australian corporate governance, said ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Ignore history at your peril

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... through today's crisis. "I think 30 years of a bull market has left [financial history] at the bottom of interesting things to study. "Financial history, and by that I mean the history of returns, the history of interaction between retirement and inflation ...

BUSS(Q) calls for sub-contractor legislation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... fact around 200,000 building and construction industry workers are sub-contractors. According to a Queensland Government study in 2004, between 35 and 45 per cent of those working in the building industry may miss out on super because they working under ...

Zurich upgrades insurance suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... disclosure statement (PDS) to allow advisers to search for specific sections easier, print off application forms and view case study video footage. Colin Morgan, Zurich Financial Services Australia head of life risk, said the product enhancement is a ...

Countdown to CIMA scholarships: IMCA

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... IMCA's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) program. The program is divided into two components; an independent study program and a residential program and examination. Each component covers risk management, forecasting, asset allocation, alternative ...

ESG dogged by poor metrics: McKinsey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... have turned investors' attentions towards considering ESG factors, but not all factors are considered equally important. A study by the McKinsey global consulting group found that governance factors are now very important but environmental factors have ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Indices that seek to describe a company's governance credentials through quantitative measures are poor indicators of future investment returns. A major paper published in the Columbia Law Review, 'The Promise and Peril of Corporate Governance Indices' ...

Applications open for FEAL CIMA Scholarship

... series of seminars and presentations from industry leaders and academics, with practical application gained through case study breakout groups. The program culminates in a four-hour accreditation exam. Previous fund executives to have attained the CIMA ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... crisis, which last year slashed the value of financial assets worldwide by a massive US$50 trillion. According to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), losses on financial assets in Asian developing economies cost $9.6 trillion - or just over ...