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Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... men still comprise 78% of superannuation fund trustees. While this figure compares favourably to the percentage of women on ASX 200 boards - 15.8% according to 2013 figures - it lags considerably behind Australian government boards, which comprise 39.3% ...

Wilson HTM CFO steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... every success in the future," acting chief executive Sandy Grant said in a statement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Penrose was appointed chief financial officer in April 2010 and company secretary in March 2013. The group has suffered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained strongly in part on the back of better-than-expected earnings at JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 26 ...

GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... Property Office Fund (CPA). GPT Group, which owns 11.72% of CPA, said in an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it would not be increasing its offer for the $3.9 billion commercial office property fund following "careful assessment" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the lead of Wall Street which has fallen more than three-quarters of a per cent. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 41 points at 5,220. In equities news ...

ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has cleared the most significant hurdle on the road to its 'mFund Settlement Service' - the third incarnation of AQUA II - after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) gave it the go-ahead. ...

ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... (ETPs) have passed the $10 billion mark for the first time. According to numbers from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), funds in ETPs were at less than half their current level just two years ago. The significant growth is attributed to improved ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mostly higher following a surprisingly weak US jobs report. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,286. The monthly US Labor ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on international bourses amid growing speculation the Federal Reserve may start cutting its stimulus program this month. At 0858 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Gloomy outlook forces Crowe Horwath to trim business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... accounting and a comprehensive SMSF administration service," the company said in a statement in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Financial advisers of Crowe Horwath's Melbourne-based firm will acquire a 50% interest in the financial planning ...