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VicSuper nabs three sustainability awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
VicSuper has landed three awards in the ninth annual ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards, including best report in the financial service sector. Global accounting body Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) announced the winners yesterday ...

Landmark case against board duty failure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
ASIC's case could set a precedent with which all Australian board behaviour, responsibilities and financial obligations can be compared. The Federal Court has made a landmark decision in the case against eight directors and former executives of Centro ...

ASIC warns of $15,000 EOFY countdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... members. In addition, company director and secretary, Michael Boyd, failed in his obligations to lodge the company's financial report, directors' report, auditor's report or a concise report for the financial year in breach of sections 314 and 319 of ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
CCH, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, the provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services, has launched CCH Financial Reporter, which it claims can reduce the time taken to produce financial reports by up to 90 per cent. The ...

AvSuper appoints Russell for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The $1 billion-plus AvSuper has appointed Russell as its fund administrator - marking Russell's first mandate win for its new in-house administration model. Russell will replace Towers Watson, which outsourced its underlying administration to IBM SuperLife. ...

CFSGAM aims for top quartile UN PRI performance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), the largest fund manager in the country, mounts an ambitious strategy to rank as a top quartile fund based on performance when measured against the key principles set in the UN PRI. At a briefing ...

UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
A UK pension fund association that represents more than $1 trillion has put the world's fund managers on notice and demanded they take their role as shareholders far more seriously. Lindsay Tomlinson, chair at the National Association of Pension Funds ...

Treasury proposes mandatory governance principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
Treasury is examining whether the ASX's corporate governance principles should extend to all 500 companies in the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index instead of the top 300 companies as part of a broader review of the audit industry. The Commonwealth Treasury's ...

Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The regulator has launched proceedings against the chair, chief executive, chief financial officer and five other directors of entities within Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group for misleading accounting practices. The action includes Brian ...

Cloud computing comes to iPhone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
New York Stock Exchange-listed Netsuite has brought a cloud computing mobile enterprise resource planning suite to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch in Australia. NetSuite for iPhone and iPod touch is available now for free on the App Store, noted a press ...