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PE firm pays NY fund $20m in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
David Leuschen, the founder of private equity firm Riverstone Holdings, has been ordered to pay US$20 million to the New York State Common Retirement Fund. US Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced an agreement with Leuschen to resolve Leuschen's ...

Shadforth signs direct shares deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Shadforth Financial Group, one of Australia's largest privately owned financial advice firms with more than $8 billion in funds under advice, has signed a deal with a technology provider to provide direct equity services to clients. The financial advice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
A stronger-than-expected labour force report for the month of November pulled the Australian share market out of the doldrums and into positive territory at noon. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,646.3 ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Past all the green rhetoric, one insurer is spending money to give insurance brokers proper training on climate change and how it could affect their clients' business. Insurance and investments group Zurich doesn't just walk the walk on climate change ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open lower after commodity prices declined overnight, and concerns increase about the mounting levels of national debt overseas. At 0659 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon, led by declines in gold and resources stocks amid weaker oil and gold prices. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.3 points, or 1.18 per cent, at 4,615.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Mecchi leaves HOSTPLUS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Umberto Mecchi, executive manager marketing, strategy & sales at HOSTPLUS, has left the super fund after five years to pursue a career in advertising. A statement from HOSTPLUS said an extensive search for his replacement had started and announcement ...

AFA doubles in four years

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has doubled its membership in four years, growing its ranks by more than 25 per cent this year. Jim Taggart, national president at the AFA, said the association has reacted to member calls for representation ...

Boardrooms lack female directors: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
More than half of the country's ASX200 listed companies don't have a female board director - prompting one gender advocacy group to release a name-and-shame report on the gender imbalance that continues to prevail in the financial services sector. Women ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
"Ladies and gentlemen, you're not on Kansas anymore..." (James Cameron's movie, Avatar) But based on financial market's reaction to last Friday's US payrolls report, "we must be over the rainbow!" (Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz). The sun shone, the ...