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Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... cancer and for a range of other cancers." Far and away the highest team fundraiser was David Jones, raising $150,000. In third place was industry fund HOSTPLUS, raising almost $23,000. ME Bank, Cbus, UniSuper, MTAA and Superpartners were all in the top ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... manager." He said this means that the winning bid may have the best construction bid, but only the second best debt bid and the third best facility management bid. Under the inverted bid model devised by IFM Investors chair Garry Weaven and put to the ...

Crime survey finds fraud rife in Australia

PETRINA BERRY, AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... cent in 2014, compared to 45 per cent in 2012 - and aged between 31 and 40. They were also more qualified, with nearly a third having university degrees (up 10 per cent) and were primarily men (57 per cent). However the number of female fraudsters is ...

Crowe Horwath and Findex in acquisition talks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... Anchorage Capital partners. The agreement with Findex establishes that Crowe Horwath may not encourage discussions with a third party in relation to a competing transaction. "The no talk and no due diligence conditions do not apply to the extent that ...

Super isn't working for us, say baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Just 20% of working Australians over 50 believe superannuation is a "good system" that is "working for them," a report commissioned by REST Industry Super has found. The report also found that 45% of respondents were concerned about the constant rule ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... market intelligence, investor communication, proxy solicitation and shareholder management technology and is a subsidiary of third party financial record keeping company Link Group. The acquisitions expand Orient's global footprint in key European markets ...

Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... the discussion of investment opportunities and challenges lying ahead for the global economy. The snap poll found that a third of investors at the conference believe the biggest risk in the second half of 2014 is a hard landing in China, and almost two-thirds ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... shows a rear view look at what had been in the first quarter?... and if I might add, one that'll be revised again for the third and final time next month. Stupid is as stupid was.

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... new paper by Towers Watson. The paper comes as the government considers mandating that independent directors comprise on third of superannuation funds boards. The measure will have the biggest impact on the boards of industry funds, which currently operate ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... class that has long played a reliable role in anchoring well-diversified portfolios, enhancing returns and mitigating risk. Third, other asset classes, particularly equities, aren't deemed as attractively cheap -- and have an unpleasant tendency to sell ...