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What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Whose fault is it anyway? New Greens leader Christine Milne has barely warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" ...

CommInsure names advice distrib head

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
CommInsure has named former OnePath head Kevin Goss as its head of adviser distribution. Effective from June 11 2012, Goss will be responsible for CommInsure's national retail insurance sales. Goss was previously head of insurance sales at ANZ-owned ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
A study debunking the theory of infrastructure underinvestment in NSW has highlighted the gap between inefficiencies in public sector funding and private sector finance levels. An audit report commissioned by the Premier Barry O'Farrell found NSW infrastructure ...

MLC shifts global allocation

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
MLC has shaken up its global shares strategy allocations with a new fund manager and dropping allocations to others. Taking effect immediately, MLC has allocated 11.5% to new manager Delaware Investments and dropped its 8.5% allocation to Capital International. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has suspended its clearance process for AGL Energy's purchase of Australia's largest brown coal power station. AGL shares were down 13 cents at $14.70. Construction and maintenance firm Transfield Services's ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... fund for the charity of their choice. Event sponsors were UCA Funds Management, Solaris Investment Management and Maple-Brown Abbott Investment Managers and Financial Standard. ESG Research Australia has 43 members including 32 fund managers, 15 super ...

CommInsure names new head of national accounts

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
CommInsure has appointed Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur as head of national accounts. In her new role, Sarah-Le Lacheur will manage the insurer's relationship with CBA's advice businesses and the bank itself. She will also be responsible for CommInsure's national ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
There seems to be a sense of calm in the financial markets these days. An eerie calm that makes one wonder what lies inside investors' heads. And usually times like these - times when the market is consolidating - they suggest that the market may have ...

Investorfirst CFO resigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Bank. Before joining Investorfirst he was European financial controller, infrastructure and corporate finance at Babcock & Brown. Investorfirst provides platform, investment, advisory and stockbroking services to institutional, corporate and retail clients. ...

Schroders board shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... after the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May to be replaced by senior independent director Andrew Beeson. Alan Brown will also resign as chief investment officer at the AGM, a role he has held since 2005. Brown will stay on as a senior adviser ...