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RBF and MGI buy $350m airport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... terminal and more car parking. According to Rainmaker, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) is the largest superannuation fund in Tasmania with more than 120,000 member and $3.5 billion in funds under management. The fund grew $650 million in funds under management ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... scheme meetings to vote on a Symbion/Healthscope takeover. In the resources sector, Beaconsfield Gold Ltd has its AGM in Tasmania, and Murchison Metals Ltd, Territory Resources Ltd and Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd all hold AGMs today. In Auckland, shareholders ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

... proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford Investments Tasmania Pty Ltd and its director, Steven Nigel Moore (the defendants) from providing financial product advice on derivatives trading ...

Less junk mail drives rollover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
Super members are five times more likely to consolidate their superannuation accounts if they are warned of the paper pile-up that comes with multiple accounts, according to AUSfund research. AUSfund, in collaboration with marketing company Shannon's ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... clothing & soft goods retailing were the only categories to report monthly declines, down 0.4 and 2.1 per cent respectively. Tasmania was the only state pulling in its belt, where sales fell 1.1per cent. All the mainland states saw increases with the ...

Tassies downsize to upsize retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Many Tasmanians intend to sell their current home to part-fund their retirement and move to a 'smaller' property, a decision that could lead them into financial strife, according to Quadrant super chief executive Wayne Davy. Quadrant commissioned a ...

Quadrant appoints deputy CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Tasmanian based superannuation provider Quadrant has appointed Graeme Sundstrom to the newly created position of deputy chief executive. Most recently Sundstrom was general manager at Sorell Council where he worked directly with the council's financial ...

Vanguard appoints sales head

... also worked at Perpetual Investments for 12 years where he started off as a business development manager in Victoria and Tasmania before being promoted to more senior roles within the sales division. He will report directly to Terry Williams, Vanguard's ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

... standards approved by the Tasmanian Parliament and the Commonwealth Minister, and one that will significantly add value to Tasmania's forest resource. And we will do this in a sustainable way, preserving our forests for future generations and without ...