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ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
The Financial Services Council's definition of independence is "novel," said David Whiteley, chief executive, Industry Super Network (ISN). Policy released last month by the representative body provided mandatory guidelines that said a majority of directors ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... deleveraging. This, along with weak employment growth and falling household confidence - down to 60.6 in August from 65.4 in July - doesn't bode well for future consumer spending. But it isn't only America's domestics that the Fed should be worried about. ...

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Wilson HTM has been awarded $174, 416 in damages, after chief justice Patricia Bergin said this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, that commission and revenue statements tendered to rival broker Ord Minnett by Wilson's former Sydney desk boss Joseph ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index surged in July, with the rise sufficient to push rolling 12 month returns up to 3.1% - their highest level in 11 months. The strong bounce-back was triggered by the 4.2% July monthly return from the ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... for personal consumption expenditures, or PCE)" and "maximum level of employment". The PCE price deflator stood at 1.3% in July - it had been dropping since recording 2.9% in September last year. And while, the unemployment rate has lessened, it remains ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
The Sydney Desalination Plant has appointed former Queensland Coordinator-General Keith Davies as chief executive officer. The appointment was effective August 27 and follows the June 2012 refinance of the operation by the NSW State Government which ...

AMP Capital continues restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
AMP Capital's investment specialist team will no longer operate as an independent unit within the business from October, a further step in the company's restructure. Investment specialists operated as middlemen between clients and fund managers. They ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... by 38 bps and 25 bps, respectively; the VIX index dropped by 12.1% to 15.60 - they liked what they heard. For unlike his July "whatever it takes" announcement, this one has meat - it has details. "Outright Monetary Transactions will be considered for ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... markets' negative view on the Australian economy. Market consensus is for an increase in the unemployment to 5.3% from 5.2% in July (expectations were for a 5.3% print that month). Let's wait and see how the bloggerati now spin this one month's numbe ...

Former Count CEO joins Chase

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Former chief executive officer and managing director of Count Financial, Andrew Gale has joined boutique M&A advisory firm Chase Corporate together with recently retired KPMG senior partner and NSW chairman Chris Jordan AO. The two appointments represent ...