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Ascalon head moves to BlackRock

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Jason Collins, the chief operating officer of Ascalon Capital Managers (Ascalon) has resigned to take up a position at BlackRock. He will start as the head of institutional client business Australia on April 22 and report to Justin Arter, BlackRock ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013

CEOs face pay cuts: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The chief executive's of a number of major ASX100 companies have seen their pay drop due to lower incentive payments during financial year 2011-12, Citi research has found. Even though the decreases have not been in all companies, chief executives of ...

Government announces key super reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
Australians with superannuation balances over $2 million dollars face losing key tax concessions, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten announced this morning. Starting July 1, 2014, all new earnings on ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
Social media channels can now be used for corporate disclosures as long as investors have been told which social media platform will be used, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced. The ruling applies to social media and other emerging ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The announcement of changes to the superannuation taxation system this morning has ended speculation, allowing savers and voters to focus on the future, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister ...

Qantas Super appoints Mercer as administrator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Qantas Superannuation Plan has appointed Mercer as its new administrator, replacing Russell Investments (Russell). The financial consulting giant will also provide call centre services to the 33,000-member, $6 billion plan. The decision follows ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, The June share price index futures contract is 16 points higher at 4,928, with 5,088 contracts traded. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
More than half of active Aussie share investors want to increase their exposure to international stocks but are held back by a lack of knowledge and available research, according to a new survey conducted by Skaffold. The equity research company, which ...

Securities dealer scales back after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Securities dealer Clearing & Settlement Services (CSS) has downsized its operations after the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) found it had failed to comply with conditions of its Australian Financial Services licence (AFSL). ...