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Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... improve their disclosure of bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies from eight sectors, including defence, construction and capital goods, to explain whether their anti-corruption management systems adhere to frameworks developed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, as markets rebounded on optimism following the European rescue plan. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Investors get $250m compensation for crook advice

FSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... Waters, FSA director of conduct risk. "We remain concerned that some [firms] continue to give poor advice. "Ignorance is no defence and we will continue to focus on the high risk firms through intensive supervision - we will not hesitate to take tough ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on international trade in goods and services for February. In company news, defence technology company Metal Storm Ltd holds a general meeting. On Wednesday the market closed higher supported by a buoyant ...

Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... of civilian and military schemes. The shadow minister for veterans' affairs, Louise Markus, and the shadow minister for defence science, Bob Baldwin is calling on interested individuals to have their say on the issues, according to a press statement. ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... boards of Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB) to form a single trustee board on July 2010. ComSuper's current commissioner ...

Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... independent advisory board of the World Bank," said Stuart. BKK Partners specialises in corporate and strategic advice, takeover defence, merger & acquisitions, capital markets advice and major event briefings for corporates and governments in the Asia ...

More benefits for Military Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... benefits payments in line with recent changes to the compulsory retirement age for ADF members. Greg Combet, minister for defence personnel, materiel and science, announced last week that the Rudd Government will improve death and invalidity benefits ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... durable goods jumped by a sharper-than-expected 4.9 per cent in July had little impact on shares. Excluding orders for defence goods and aviation, a number that indicates business investment in production, orders fell 0.3 per cent after a leap of 3.6 ...

RSL calls for super revamp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... in the real cost of living," he said. "The RSL has consistently argued that those who have served their nation in the Defence Force deserve to have the value of their superannuation maintained at least on the same basis as [what] has been adopted for ...