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Cbus CEO wins UN PRI board seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... first Australian to be appointed to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board. Atkin said he plans to represent Australian superannuation fund signatories on the board. Australia has more than 70 UN PRI signatories including ...

Dixon criticises Premium buy-back scheme

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... Premium Investors board will not provide enough liquidity to shareholders. Yesterday the Premium Investors board announced it plans to conduct an on-market share buy-back scheme that will enable the firm to buy 8 per cent of the Premium Investors' fully ...

BNP Paribas tech boosts Asian ops

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... finally synchronised with those already in operation in its European offices. BNP Paribas' latest step in its development plans, which began in May, is the deployment of its global custody platform in the Asian region. The firm's current technology ...

Malaysia opens doors to foreign fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... also been raised to 70 per cent. It is a 21 per cent rise from the previous 49 per cent mark. Meanwhile Razak unveilled plans to establish a new institution - Ekuiti Nasional Berhad - with an initial capital of $177 million. "Ekuinas will focus its investments ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... everyone around the world still grieving over the significant erosion of their wealth. News overnight report that Citigroup plans to raise - yes raise, increase, augment, boost - salaries by 50 per cent - no not five, it's five followed by a zero - to ...

Job freezes to thaw: Watson Wyatt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... survey by Watson Wyatt show that 62 per cent of companies that put hiring new staff on hold are looking to eliminate these plans within the next 12 months. Nearly 70 per cent of those that have frozen employee salaries also plan to rid themselves of ...

Aviva Aus sale poses revenue risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... and non-investment] personnel...but they've known this transaction is coming so you would think that they have contingency plans in place if Aviva Australia is being sold off," he said. Craig Bingham, Aviva Investors' chief executive, Asia-Pacific, was ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Rumours became so widespread that current Treasurer Wayne Swan was forced to explicitly deny the claims. "I have certainly no plans, or the government has no plans to appoint Mr Costello to the Future Fund,'' Swan was reported by The Australian to have ...

Transition mandates to reach record highs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... fewer clients aggressively extend duration as duration extension is much more common in markets dominated by defined benefit plans." Crucially, an intense two quarters of transition activity will be significant enough to move stockmarkets and force fund ...

Swanson leaves CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... senior roles. He said after a "great journey" with the Commonwealth Bank, he is leaving to pursue other opportunities but plans to take it easy for now. "I'm just going to relax for the next couple of months and see what comes up. I have a daughter doing ...