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ADPIA lobbies against relic property laws

... Office in Australia to standardise stamp duty and get rid of archaic property trust regulations. Linden Toll, the president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) said current laws are out of date, onerous and increased industry ...

CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... our best interest to ensure that the rating system better serves all investors and taxpayers," said Rob Feckner, president of the CalPERS Board. "A fair rating system is key to an efficient and transparent market, an important goal for CalPERS." The ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... the shareholder group an in-depth understanding of China's investment environment," said Steve Zou, chairman and president of CCBM. According to industry pundits, coalbed methane could be a good substitute for natural gas and China could be a leader ...

Partners unveils new legal division

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... Gandolfo as managing director of its new legal arm, Partners Legal. Gandolfo is a barrister, solicitor and former president of the Law Institute of Victoria and a past chairman of Legal Aid Commission of Victoria. Partners claims that the new company ...

New Asia CEO for Morgan Stanley

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... firm Morgan Stanley has appointed Owen Thomas as chief executive of its Asia division. Thomas has been serving as president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) since December 2005, and will commence his new role at the end of February. Thomas ...

UBS and Genworth tap income-for-life market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... employees assurance that they will not outlive the income they receive through retirement," said Carrington. Fred Conley, president of Genworth's Institutional Retirement Group called the agreement a "win-win" venture for both firms. "By teaming up with ...

Sunsuper appoints board member

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Sunsuper has appointed Ron Monaghan, Queensland president of the Australian Labor Party, to director of the company's board. Monaghan was elected general secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions in November last year. He remains a board director ...

UniSuper chief Byrne move to ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... superannuation industry and more recently in corporate activism by not for profit funds," said Michael O'Sullivan, president of ACSI. "Ann joins ACSI as it is rapidly expanding its research, advocacy and engagement programmes to ensure that the environmental ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... particularly agriculture, Justin Lin brings a unique set of skills and experience to the World Bank Group," Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, said. "I look forward to working closely with him on a number of areas, including growth and investment ...

JPMorgan Chase launches IPO STRATAS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... strategies and automatically switches investments into cash in market downturns. According to David Jones-Prichard, vice president of equity derivatives and structured products at JPMorgan, IPOX 30 returned more than 25 per cent per annum compared with ...