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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... million February 2017 bonds. In company news, Sietel Ltd and Zylotech Ltd hold extraordinary general meetings. Business Council of Australia president Greig Gailey will address a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch. The Coal Seam Methane ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... for regulatory certainty on the design of a carbon pollution reduction scheme." In February, Ann Byrne, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) chief executive, said most of the super fund members she speaks to are actively seeking more ...

AvSuper unlikely to follow govt fund mergers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... industry, corporate and retail super funds. However, its parent organisations include the non-profit association Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and government-owned group Air Services Australia. AvSuper has more than 5,000 members and more ...

Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... hundreds of people in just over a year? According to four Swedish pension funds, nothing is impossible. The Ethical Council of the Swedish AP-Funds, made up of pension funds AP1 to 4, has engaged multinational service company Sodexo in "constructive" ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... manager, risk management officer, is on the board's remuneration committee, while also being a member of the national council of the Australian Conservation Foundation. She was formerly AustEthical's funds administrator. Her Greens credentials are well ...

No pay for failure: ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Leading superannuation body, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), has called for a change in chief executive pay and disclosure and has labelled some CEO termination payments as "too generous". In a media statement by ACSI, the ...

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... paper, Investment Performance, Asset Allocation, and Expenses of Large Superannuation Funds, conducted on behalf of the Council of Financial Supervisors, found "default investment options of large retail funds have earned lower net returns relative to ...

FPA joins IFSA in mental health initiative

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... collaboratively with concerned health groups at actually reducing discrimination," said David Crosbie, Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) chief.

Trust appoints managing director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Blake Dawson for six years and Mallesons Stephen Jaques as an executive partner. He is also a member of the Business Council of Australia's Sustainable Growth Task Force and is a director of The Australian Outward Bound Foundation. This news comes as ...

Finance industry groups respond to ETS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... submission to the Government's Green Paper on the establishment of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) by the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said the ETS is a necessary foundation ...