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ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... with Ann Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI); Pru Bennett, director of Asia Pacific Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment at BlackRock; Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association of Australia ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... said. "I don't think anything locally is going to be driving the market today as far as I can ascertain, either on the corporate front or on the economic front." Making news on Thursday, Leighton said it will sell 70 per cent its telecommunications assets ...

IRESS launches XPLANtouch app

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... the advice processes defined and managed in XPLAN." XPLANtouch and all its functions can be configured to match the corporate branding of each financial advice business. "XPLANtouch can also be packaged as an adviser branded app in app stores to create ...

Transition to transparency, a case study

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... "Transparency is the new black and regulators are using it more and more as a tool; it is not just the annual report, but also corporate websites that are loaded with transparent regulatory content," she said. Atkin also explained that the transition ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Despite fears of a global bond bubble, investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of ...

Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Corporate governance is still an issue of concern when investing in Asian markets and while international financial centres such as Singapore or Hong Kong have improved tremendously, there are still problems that need to be tackled. A survey conducted ...

BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... is a qualified lawyer and has over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. She has been a regulator, corporate counsel, head of compliance, strategic risk consultant as well as a trustee director. Chronican is ANZ's responsible office ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... and management team, IT systems capable of handling the Trust Company's business and strong performance in both the corporate and personal wealth business. The dispatch of the bidder statement to the Trust Company shareholders is scheduled after Easter ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... withholding tax on the interest they earn on their bank deposits. These, along with government asset sales and higher corporate taxes are expected to reduce Cyprus' bailout needs from a,-17 billion to a,-10 billion. According to Cypriot President Nicos ...

FIIG brings corporate bond issue to market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
FIIG Securities will bring a $50 million corporate bond issue to the wholesale market on behalf of sugar miller Mackay Sugar, the fixed income broker announced this week. The five-year notes will be offered with a coupon of between 7% and 7.5% and dealers ...