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Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008

UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...

Magellan builds infrastructure team

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008

Magellan Financial Group has recruited Kris Webster to its investment team in the firm's latest endeavour to bolster its infrastructure capabilities. Webster will be playing an integral role in analysing and valuing global listed infrastructure securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007

The Australian stock market is expected to open flat today after Friday's lacklustre session on Wall Street and as investors sit tight ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting this week. At 0754 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM | FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007

India is seeking US$500 billion over the next five years to help fund its national infrastructure plan, creating a big opportunity for Australian investors to get in on the ground floor. "We need this money over the next five years to fund our plan ...

Quadrant appoints deputy CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007

... Sundstrom was chief financial officer of P Cleland Enterprises and spent a number of years in management positions in Victoria's rail freight industry. "Quadrant's commitment to building and maintaining strong relationships with its membership and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open firmer today mirroring Wall St which managed to end a few points firmer, however, many investors balked at making big bets ahead of important jobs data that could shed light on the US economy and the outlook ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007

... infrastructure blockages. President Hu is looking for state government approval of a $3 billion Chinese investment in a new rail and port network in Western Australia, the report said. Also on the agenda for President Hu and other visiting APEC leaders ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007

... the tender process for building a fibre optic internet network. The Queensland State Government is also in hot water over rail and port bottlenecks, which have soured relationships with some of the world's biggest steel manufacturers. However, the numbers ...

Green light over red tape

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007

... public threat that it would pull out of Queensland altogether unless the State Government urgently addressed its port and rail crisis. Now some of the countries mayors are joining in, and the message is clear from all parties - Australia needs to urgently ...

Cranky customers over choked supply chain

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007

... Queensland infrastructure management does not compare well at all to Western Australia's planning and coordination of mine, rail and port investment. But it seems that problems with fragmentation are not limited to the NSW and Queensland mining industries ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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