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30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... costs - reducing unnecessary multiple accounts. The latest APRA statistics follow a recent survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia (ICAA) that found multiple accounts are a real problem for consumers. Based on the APRA figures ...

1 in 4 Australians have more than one super fund: ICAA

A recent survey has found that 27 per cent of Australian adults hold multiple super funds. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) surveyed 1,200 Australians last month seeking to discover the real impact of the super choice legislation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2006
... shares fell to the lowest level in just over two weeks as waning bid talk took the gloss off Asian-focused bank Standard Chartered, while proposed EU telecoms regulations hit phone giant Vodafone amid fears of a hefty impact on its earnings. Over 80 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006
... higher start after the European Central Bank hiked rates, although strong results buoyed financials such as Standard Chartered and Aviva. The FTSE 100 index closed 11.1 points down at 5,833.0. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5783.49 points, down 83.12 ...

CSA rejects compulsory governance reporting

Chartered Securities Australia (CSA) has rejected the proposed government move to standardise corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and/or to make it compulsory, because both solutions would merely reduce CSR to a box-ticking exercise. In ...

Senior Legg Mason staff exit after bonuses dealt out

... transferred to asset management in 1990. He has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Law from Monash University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Meanwhile, Stuart Cartledge was a portfolio manager within the equity and balanced group which ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

... suggesting company shareholders are either getting their information elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) of governance professionals in the top 200 listed companies has shown that more than 39 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2006
... Index fell 16.1 points at 2,300.94. LONDON - Banks led Britain's blue chips lower, with Monday's favourite Standard Chartered down 2.2 per cent as investors had second thoughts about potential US interest, although a trading statement lifted publisher ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2006
... oil majors such as BP and Royal Dutch Shell, and a fresh pick up in bid speculation centring on bank group Standard Chartered, pushed Britain's FTSE 100 index to a new 4.5 year closing high. The index closed 29.2 points or 0.51 per cent up at 5,740.2 ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

... profitability. This note of caution follows recent separate statements by the Australian Bankers Association and the Chartered Secretaries Australia that have said while CG should be supported, it should not be compulsorily forced upon companies as doing ...