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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,105. In economic news on Tuesday, Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd is among the speakers at a CEDA event on the topic of improving productivity. In equities ...

AIST appoints new president

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST. Noonan, who is also chair of Media Super and president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), will continue to play an active role at AIST as chair of the Institute's policy committee ...

Market solutions favoured in OTC derivative reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Council of Financial Regulators has recommended a preference for market-led solutions, in part driven by appropriate regulatory incentives to comply with a G20 commitment on OTC derivatives. The Government released the consultation paper yesterday ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... underinvestment in infrastructure. The review calls into question the efficiency of funding allocations a week after the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council found none of Australia's capital cities fully met state and federal infrastructure ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... services, accounting and audit and policy development at the commission during this time. Price is also a member of the Council of Financial Regulators, the co-ordinating body for Australia's main financial regulatory agencies. Bernie Ripoll, Parliamentary ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... rose increased by 1.1% in February - the strongest rise in five months. A more up-to-date tally by the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Retail Chain Store Sales Index show spending continued to grow this month - up by 0.7% ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... month returns are now a stable 10% according to both the Financial Standard Direct Property Index and the Property Council of Australia IPD Pooled Property Fund Index. Returns nonetheless fell as low as -15% during 2009 though this was not as low as ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... demands for infrastructure spending and paying for it, noted Infrastructure Australia in their June 2011 report to the Council of Australian Government. Infrastructure Australia warned that Australians and governments are reluctant to borrow to fund ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Pension funds around the world, including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), last week sent a message to News Corp that contributed up to one-third of votes cast against the current board. Among the board directors to receive ...

Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... call for more investor alignment when companies set executive pay follows the release of a report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors this month that found board director pay to be increasing inline with inflation. According to their ...