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Bribery and corruption concerns for super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Superannuation funds must take into account the company's bribery and corruption policy when investing, as at least half of ASX-listed companies don't have a clear statement on these issues, according to recent Citi research. The study investigated ...

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 ...

Elana Rubin retires from AustralianSuper board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
AustralianSuper chair Elana Rubin announced her retirement from the fund's board, effective April 5. Heather Ridout will take over as chair when Rubin's term finishes. Ridout has been a director at AustralianSuper since 2007, is currently a director ...

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Citi was awarded Best ESG Broking Firm of 2012 for the fourth year in a row, while Credit Suisse received the Best Piece of ESG Research award at the ESG Research Australia awards, held yesterday in Sydney. Citi showed once again its commitment to ESG ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
The Australian sharemarket is lower, in the wake of US data showing continued weakness in the US manufacturing sector, and ahead of key market-influencing events. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 41.7 points, or 0.97 per ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
ariant Perceptions' variant perception QE is dead, long live QE! It's the eve of that much-awaited, much-speculated Big Ben QE speak but last night's bigger-than-what-we've-seen-over-past-few-day's fall suggests that participants may have given up on ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Indecisions, indecisions... Is this the sound of silence I hear? Investors appear to have stopped on their tracks, unsure of whether the next move would be a jump or a dive. But with momentum blowing on their tail, chances are the uptrend that started ...

Trust tax reform can be split

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury's announcement yesterday of a further delay to tax reform for trusts has sparked debate over the relative merit of using the same timetable for a number of reform strands. Speaking at a CPA Australia lunch yesterday ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Women in Super scholarships available now

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
The NSW division of Women in Super has scholarship funding available for up to five members who want to participate in either a senior management or board development program. The scholarships will pay for the successful applicants to attend a choice ...