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Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... Volkswagen directly aligns with CalSTRS' fiduciary goal of recovering losses that amount to millions of dollars caused by corporate wrongdoing. "Volkswagen's actions are particularly heinous, since the company marketed itself as a forward thinking steward ...

Contango sells funds management business for $13m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... Contango MicroCap chair Mark Kerr said: "[Contango] acquired 100% of CAM in November 2013 to reduce fees and improve corporate governance. That has been achieved and the CAM investment has proven to be a successful one. "Following a review of the investment ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... investor portfolio inefficiencies and allowing a greater ability to deliver outcomes-based investment models. Australian Corporate Bond Company chief executive Richard Murphy told a briefing in Sydney yesterday an XTB inside an SMA enables investors ...

CBA appoints group general counsel from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
CBA has appointed a new group general counsel and group executive corporate affairs. Anna Lenahan will join CBA from Suncorp, where she is currently chief risk and legal officer. She was also a partner at Allens Linklaters and has been a crown prosecutor ...

Zurich appoints COO in major insurance restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... wherein regional heads (in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific), global corporate, farmers and investment management will report to group chief executive Mario Greco. The new committee also includes a new ...

New director for Djerriwarrh Investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... a new director to its board. Effective 1 July, Karen Wood will join the board bringing expertise from her legal and corporate governance background. Trained in education and law, Wood has held a number of roles in legal, educational, corporate governance ...

Investec appoints new managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Investec Australia has appointed a new managing director as part of an expansion to its corporate advisory team. Joining Investec Australia is Anthony Lazzoppina, the former co-head of industrials at Credit Suisse. Prior to this Lazzoppina held the ...

QSuper calms super raid fears

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... over-funding and based on the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) funding standards that apply to similar corporate schemes. The State Actuary has advised that a repatriation of up to $5 billion could be undertaken while maintaining consistency ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... two listed investment companies he serves on. He will also relinquish his memberships of the audit, nominations and corporate governance committees. The company has appointed existing non-executive director Peter McKillop as chair. He has been in his ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Fine, who said emerging market debt has higher premiums and better fundamentals than developed market sovereign and corporate bonds and should be considered as a standalone asset class using an unconstrained approach. "Based on fundamentals, emerging ...