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HSBC Bank hires Contango director

COMPANY RELEASE | FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010

... Public Finance Corporation and a member of the Advisory Board to the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. She has also held roles at BHP, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Rothschild Australia ...

Pax fined for SRI breach

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008

... SEC filed the charges with the fund managers of the Growth Fund and the High Yield Bond Fund, the head of the Social Research department, Pax World's outside counsel and the chief compliance officer all no longer working for the group.

Innovation index ranks finance and insurance second

... The index was the outcome of a joint study by IBM Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne University, which looked at the level of innovation across 13 industry categories over a 15 year period, from 1990 ...

Make higher contributions compulsory: Finsia

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006

... to pay more, and therefore it is the members who must be convinced to make or accept the additional payments. Social research conducted by Finsia/Crosby|Textor reveals that, if marketed well, the proposal could get community support. Salter argued that ...

SRI next gen - funds that only invest in companies run by women

... by FEMMX Financial and its sub-adviser Boston Trust Investment Management. Walden Asset Management conducts the social research analysis and shareholder advocacy underpinning the fund. Despite the perhaps subjective nature of the fund's guidelines, they ...

Afternoon market wrap: All ordinaries gain ground

... in nine years. According to the Westpac Banking Corporation and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, consumer sentiment is at its highest since July 1994. The banking sector had mixed returns in trading this afternoon. The ...

Australians continue shift to property investment: report

... March quarterly report on saving trends carried out by ING and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. The report said that over 32 per cent of households would invest new savings in real estate in the March quarter 2003, compared ...

Inadequate returns deter super top-ups: survey

In its March 2003 quarterly report, ING Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research that found 10.5 per cent of Australian households would hesitate to invest more in superannuation due to inadequate returns. Of the 1,200 respondents ...

Australians snub employer super while bank deposits increase: ING

... compared to two years ago, according to research carried out by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research for ING. 12.9% of respondents in the March quarter of 2003 favoured this form of deposit compared to 9.9% in the March quarter ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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