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Citi appoints Sherry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Citi has appointed former Australian senator and minister for superannuation, Nick Sherry, as senior advisor to its securities and fund services division. Based in Australia, Sherry will have a regional role supporting Citi's pension fund clients in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Investment Office approval for the takeover. GNC - GRAINCORP LTD - up five cents, or 0.4 per cent, at $12.26 A Nationals senator says he fears a proposed $2.7 billion takeover of grains marketer Graincorp could lead to foreign control of 95 per cent ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... all of our managers and all our investment partners to have their own ESG people". But when repeatedly quizzed by Greens Senator Richard Di Natale from Victoria, Burgess reply suggested that his knowledge relating to the Future Fund's tobacco interests ...

PC hands down final default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... equipping members with the skills and knowledge to make decisions about their super," he said. But opposition spokesperson Senator Mathias Cormann took the counter line, arguing the recommendations of the PC report will not resolve what he sees as the ...

AFA conference boasts biggest turnout in 20 years

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... chaired by ABC's Leigh Sales, which features industry leaders such as Craig Meller AMP FS, Jeremy Cooper Challenger, and Senator Mathias Cormann Shadow Assistant Treasurer. Between them, they'll be addressing the key issues of the year, including FOFA ...

Greens propose scaled super contribs tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... Commonwealth budget and whether it is excessive given other government funding priorities. In a statement, Greens leader, Senator Christine Milne, said the focus should be on making superannuation fairer for people on low-incomes. Senator Milne said ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... regardless of the election result, due to Republican and Democrat party polarisation, said Stephen Loosley, a former Australian Senator, and chairman of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Advance Asset Management has developed its alternative ...

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Greens senator Lee Rhiannon yesterday moved a motion calling on the Government to get involved in the debate over Westpac's financial backing of logging operations in the Solomon Islands. Earlier this week Westpac was identified as the guarantor of ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Institutional investors are increasingly demanding that Environmental, Social and Governance principles be considered in mandate design - and it needs to be from a macro-level, said Solaris Investment Management. "Several of Solaris' institutional clients ...

Nick Sherry to chair FNZ Australia

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Former Senator and Minister for Superannuation, Nick Sherry, has been appointed chairman of technology and administrative services provider FNZ Australia. The appointment was announced in conjunction with the promotion of current managing director for ...