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FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry bodies have broadly welcomed yesterday's passage of the FOFA legislation through the Senate, with the focus on codes of conduct effectively setting up the industry for self-regulation amid the push towards professionalism and better consumer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Holdings. Consolidated Media owns 25 per cent of Foxtel and has a 50 per cent stake in Fox Sports. Murdoch's News Corporation currently owns 25 per cent of Foxtel, with Telstra owning the remaining 50 per cent. The takeover would increase Murdoch's stake ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Half the Australian population is now using smartphones, a shift that is expected to ratchet up pressure on superannuation funds and wealth managers to use the emerging channel to communicate with members and distribute information. Market research ...

AMP infra fund buys into Indian energy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... of AMP Capital's investment team will join the SGEL board. Existing investors in SGEL include International Finance Corporation and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Group, India's leading infrastructure player. AGIF targets growth oriented ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
ASIC revealed yesterday it has insufficient evidence to prove controller of the Trio Group, Jack Flader, has breached Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital ...

NSW universities face $4.3bn in super liabilities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... to enable universities to manage their cash flows and inform the superannuation schemes' trustee. "The SAS Trustee Corporation (STC) is the trustee of the State Super defined benefit superannuation schemes. These schemes include the State Superannuation ...

CIO and COO award winners named

FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... namely Sam Sicilia, CIO at HostPlus, and Jonathan Green, head of investment facilities at New South Wales Treasury Corporation. Meanwhile, Stephen Rowbottom, chief operating officer at Hostplus, received the inaugural COO award. Like Merlicek, Rowbottom ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... Mining felts the effects, losing $1.02 or 3.97 per cent to $24.65. Major banks were weaker, led by Westpac Banking Corporation which dropped 25 cents, or 1.22 per cent to $20.30. Retailers were mostly lower, with department store owner David Jones falling ...

Government responds to proxy vote concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
The Government has responded to stakeholder concerns regarding undirected proxy votes cast by the chair on executive remuneration resolutions. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Act 2011 passed ...

NAB AS wins Maple-Brown Abbott mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing division has been appointed to provide custodial and administration services to Maple-Brown Abbott's retail funds, one of nine new clients the business has won in the past nine months. With approximately $10 ...