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Boards are cracking down on big termination payments - Macek

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2004
The days of failed executives walking away with millions are coming to an end, according to Charles Macek, chairman of the Financial Reporting Council. Macek, who is also a director of Wesfarmers Ltd and Telstra Corp where he is member of the remuneration ...

InTech's new fund open for all

... outperformance potential." InTech said its manager selection process was conducted in consultation with its global partner CRA RogersCasey. "In many of the US private firms, there is an uninhibited focus on seeking high alpha," CRA RogersCasey chief ...

AMP China fund tops $55m

AMP Capital Investors on Monday announced it had raised $55 million in subscriptions through 3000 new investors in the AMP Capital China Fund. "The China Fund marks the first step in AMP Capital's strategy to develop specialist retail funds," AMP Capital ...

S&P affirms Macquarie Bank ratings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2004
Standard & Poor\'s today affirmed its A/A-1 counterparty credit ratings on Macquarie Bank. The ratings reflect the banks diversified business platform, strengthened earnings profile, and its strong asset quality. Its relatively broad Australia-based ...

AMP cuts super and pension fees by $40 mln in total

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2004
AMP today announced fee reductions for Australian superannuation and pension products that will affect around 800,000 customers. AMP said the fee reduction scheme would take $40 million from fees taken. The reductions average 10% for Flexible Lifetime ...

US: American venture capitalists eye Australia and NZ

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
Big-spending American venture capital firms will eye 60 Australian and New Zealand companies for investment potential at a conference in California\'s Silicon Valley in October. US venture capitalists were hit hard by the dotcom crash four years ago ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open firmer as a rebound in US and European equities lays the foundation for solid gains on the day. However, the reporting season cranks into another gear today and that domestic focus could influence the overall ...

ASIC crackdown on misleading mortgage broker advertising

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on the mortgage broking industry, issuing a warning on Tuesday to any company, which misleadingly claims to be independent. "Don't claim that you are independent ...

Aust funds underexposed to small caps: Franklin Templeton

Australian investment managers are devoting too little resources to global small cap equities and missing investment opportunities as a result, Franklin Templeton Institutional said today. According to a recent survey, 25% of major Australian fund managers ...

NZX gets into exchange-traded funds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
New Zealand Exchange today said it was taking over an existing exchange-traded funds (EFTs) and launching a new one. The initiative will be repackaged under the Smartshares brand and executed through its subsidiary NZX Funds Management. NZX has today ...