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Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... resources-related services and infrastructure, which are ideal assets for forms of Islamic financing," said Crean. The Johnson Review found some 365,000 Muslims live in Australia and would use Islamic financial services if they were more accessible.

FPA loses chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... changes at the FPA but another challenge has presented itself that she is ready to take." Berry said the FPA had appointed Johnson Executive Search to find Bloch's replacement. In the meantime, Berry said the executive team would lead the association. ...

Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... New Zealand, was awarded an AO for his work in business and also for his support of the visual and performing arts. Mark Johnson, former deputy chair at Macquarie Group was also awarded an AO for his contribution to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... said Anne Stausboll, CalPERS chief executive. "We have turned all of this information over to the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, which is assisting us in our special review of placement agent activity given these and earlier disclosures," she added. ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... management industry. The Australian Financial Centre Forum's report on Australia as a Financial Centre, also called the Johnson Report, was commissioned in September 2008 and released today. Among the recommendations is the creation of the Investment ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... decline the opportunity to retain or invest with the external manager. As previously announced, the law firm Steptoe and Johnson is conducting a special review of placement agents used by CalPERS investment partners. "We understand the recent news is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... still are on edge about unemployment and the stability of major financial firms in Europe. Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson said it would cut up to seven per cent of its global work force and streamline its business structure to save up to ...

CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... the relevant placement agent transactions. This, in turn, resulted in a "special review" to be conducted by Steptoe & Johnson LLP and other independent advisers. According to media reports in the US, Villalobos has denied any wrongdoing and will be cooperating ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... profitability. This time, investors might demand to see actual revenue growth. Show me the money. And so it has started. Take Johnson & Johnson for instance. While it beat bottom line earnings expectations, its financial statement showed that revenues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... offset the positive impact of a big acquisition in the tech sector. The market gave a lukewarm response to earnings from Johnson & Johnson as the pharmaceutical giant said sales fell five per cent in the third quarter, a steeper drop than expected. Its ...