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Ridout made honorary Doctor of Business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... of Australia, the Australian Securities Exchange, Image Networks Holdings, Sims Metal Management, Australian Chamber Orchestra to Asialink, Advance Australia Advisory Board, and L.E.K. Consulting Advisory Board, said: "I am deeply honoured to receive ...

ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) report 'Commissions by Another Name' has sparked outrage among some industry stakeholders, which have labelled it as wrong, inaccurate and misleading. "Consumers are being misled by a scare campaign on [the Future of Financial ...

Westfield restructure gets green light, UniSuper to retain holding

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
UniSuper has no plans to ditch its 8.5% holding Westfield Retail Trust (WRT), despite Westfield's controversial $70 billion restructure getting the green light. The shopping centre giant will go ahead with the restructure after it secured enough shareholder ...

Chamber Orchestra adds violin to Instrument Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has added a rare and valuable Guarneri violin to its Instrument Fund. The violin was made by Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae in 1714 and is one of the renowned luthier's 250 instruments that survive today. The ACO ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Infrastructure projects would get better deals on debt finance, construction and facilities management under the inverted bid model recommended by Industry Super Australia (ISA), according to IFM Investors executive director, debt investments Scott ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... also came out in favour of gender and geographical diversity on boards. "Like any team - or you might even call it an orchestra - it [a board] is most effective if it is not made up of people who are exactly the same. The best boards I've been on have ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... now -- and take Japan back to square one. Kuroda could be a karaoke fan after all. For karaoke, in Japan, means "empty orchestra" and this is what he now appears to be doing.

New Westpac director to start in Feb

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... chairman Lindsay Maxsted. Crouch is currently also chairman of Mission Australia and a director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He will step down as a partner at Allens from 1 January this year, a position he has held for the past 11 years. He is also ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... the CEO but also police them. They must not lust for the role of chief executive. The chairman is the conductor of an orchestra, leading the group to make sure the whole works." He said strong management teams test each other without aggravating each ...

110 years prison for ex-SIB chief

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
In one of the most extreme prison sentences of its type, the former Chairman of Stanford International Bank has been sentenced to 110 years imprisonment in the US for orchestrating a 20-year fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion. Evidence ...