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Finance industry groups respond to ETS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Australia's peak investment groups have finally come out of the closet on the government's proposed ETS model. A joint submission to the Government's Green Paper on the establishment of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) by the Australian Council of ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Amidst recent shake-ups in securities lending, director share trading, margin loans and short selling, IFSA and ACSI have joined forces to outline their views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment ...

Investment infrastructure needs upgrade: ACSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Australia must update its investment infrastructure and abolish some taxes to attract more foreign investors, according to a custodial expert. Speaking at the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) conference, Bryan Gray, chairman at ACSA ...

UniSuper chief Byrne move to ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
UniSuper chief executive Ann Byrne is set to take on the role of chief executive at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), marking a new era in ACSI's strategic development. Byrne will bring 15 years experience of being at the helm ...

Disclose what you invest in: ACSI

Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) president, Michael O'Sullivan, has welcomed an updated fund governance standard but said super funds should improve their disclosure around which companies they invest in. O'Sullivan was responding ...

NCS head of sales and marketing departs

The head of sales and marketing at NAB Custodian Services (NCS), Mark Holberton, has left the company. The group's general manager, Peter Kempster, declined to give further details on Holberton's departure two weeks ago. However, he said, "Mark is one ...

Guild acquire Investment Nominees

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
Guild Financial Services, a subsidiary of the Guild Group, has merged with the trustee of Australian Childcare Super Fund (ACSF), Investment Nominees of Australia, acquiring 100 per cent of the company's shares. Under the merger Investment Nominees ...

ACSI praised for corporate governance campaign

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
The Australian Council for Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has been praised for its work in the area of corporate governance and president Michael O'Sullivan has been elected to the board of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). ACSI ...

News Ltd hits back as super funds bring legal action

Several Australian and US super funds are joining with other institutional investors to sue News Limited over allegedly "breaking an express promise" made during reincorporation negotiations last year. A group of international Institutional shareholders ...

UniSuper makes corporate governance appointment

The $14.8 billion UniSuper fund has made two key appointment with independent consultant Helga Birgden named as governance and sustainable investments manager while Russell co-head of investment consulting Paul Laband takes on the new position of head ...