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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 ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for Australian super funds to protest against members of the News Corp board at its annual general meeting in Los Angeles today if the group's governance does not improve. Global media ...

Former Treasury Secretary joins NAB Board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... acted as a senior adviser to Paul Keating. He has also served on the Reserve Bank board, the Board of Taxation and the Council of Financial Regulators. Henry is currently an economic adviser for the Gillard government and leading a review of Australia's ...

ACSI: executive salaries soar above share value

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... companies on the S&P/ASX 100 earned a 31% salary raise, according to new ACSI research. The study, as part of Australian Council of Super Investor's (ACSI) ten-year anniversary, looked at the influence chief executive salaries and remuneration structure ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... and the level of detail that is provided to members," she said. Ann Byrne, chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors said any initiative that improves confidence and risk management is good, but was not sure whether ...