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Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Executive compensation in Australian listed companies is out of step and needs to be brought back into alignment with investor interests, said Schroders deputy head of Australian equities in a briefing note. Andrew Fleming, said "Executive compensation ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Make that October 26 - maybe. Yes folks the can has been kicked further down the road to nowhere. Less than five days ago -- at the end of the G20 Summit in Paris -- there was optimism in the air, there seems to be consensus among the top 20 moneymen ...

Privacy Commissioner opens investigation into First State Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Inquiries are underway after the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, said there will be an investigation into the First State Super security breach as the fund notifies its entire 770,000 member base. The commissioner weighed in on the ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
No mas! I have had enough, and enough is too much. If you're scratching your heads over the current goings-on in the financial markets, you're not alone. For how can we, mere code-breakers of policy pronouncements, divine the future when policy-makers ...

First State Super chief handles furore over tech security

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
First State Super has told Financial Standard it will not be pursuing legal proceedings against the 'goodwill hacker' who exposed a security flaw in its system, with the two parties to instead resolve any issues together. Michael Dwyer, chief executive ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
"Dreams that everything will be resolved and dealt with by next Monday cannot be fulfilled." Dream on. With these words, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble crushed financial market optimism that everything will be smooth sailing by this time ...

Gen Y prefers face-to-face insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Gen Y Business Owners opt for financial advice when it comes to business insurance despite online being their main source of research and other forms of financial servicing, according to a new study. In a study by a research group, most Gen Y Business ...

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
As global forecasters cut their outlook for world economic growth, one of the few nations they are upbeat about is resources powerhouse Indonesia. Deteriorating conditions forced Citibank last month to cut their global gross domestic product forecasts ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
They came, they met and greeted, they blah, they announced. I'm talking about the weekend meeting in Paris of the Group of 20 biggest and most powerful moneymen in the world, of course. Yes Virginia, we were kept in suspense this past weekend to be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar is slightly higher on Friday morning as the market awaits any further news on the eurozone debt crisis. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.05 US cents, up from 101.89 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 ...