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Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Australian listed companies are not properly addressing potential corruption and bribery issues of their employees, a study revealed, amid one of Australia's biggest mining company's being forced to defend itself against corruption allegations. CAER ...

Securitor awards top practices and advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
Westpac-owned dealer group Securitor caps its annual conference this month with the handing of awards to their best practices and financial advisers in 2009. Brad Cooper, chief executive of BT Financial Group, the wealth management business of Westpac ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
A specialist corporate governance firm is frustrated the government has not backed a proposal from the Productivity Commission's executive remuneration report that could better align departing executives interests with long-term shareholders. The Productivity ...

WA govt drops GESB mutualisation bid

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
The West Australian state government has terminated the mutualisation of GESB and is instead allowing the state's public servants to choose their fund. This decision follows the Whithear Review into public sector superannuation. The choice for public ...

Merrill Lynch exec heads Macquarie Private Wealth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group has appointed former Merrill Lynch US Private Client Group managing director, Eric Schimpf, as the new head of Macquarie Private Wealth. Schimpf will head up MPW's 425 advisers providing advice services ...

ASX appoints deputy CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange has appointed Peter Hiom as deputy chief executive, and restructured the group executive responsibilities within ASX. In a statement listed on the exchange, the group announced Peter Hiom will assume the role of deputy ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Collapsing political support for climate change action has led to a policy vacuum on emissions trading - prompting concerns among environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategists that the market is losing momentum. The new Liberal Party ...

Omega hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Omega Global Investors has hired former Vanguard Investments Australia executive, Erica Hall, as manager of institutional sales as the fund manager launches two bond funds to the market. Hall spent eight years at Vanguard working across institutional ...

Public policy to reshape investment risk: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Public policy will wield a bigger hand in portfolio construction as governments play a more interventionist role in financial markets, a leading fixed income expert warned. Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer at ...