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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... October-December period, snapping seven straight quarters of slowing growth. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares were sold off across the board on Friday, following a strong run earlier in the week.

Business as usual at Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... division. Mercer's former Asia-Pacific managing director Peter Promnitz also retired at the end of last year, and has taken up a board position. As far as Mercer's Australian business goes though, "a renaming" is all that has happened, said business ...

Hunter Hall repositions fund

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... explained. These changes are part of a broader plan that Deverall announced towards the end of last year, after he came on board at Hunter Hall and spoke with staff and clients to find out what could be done better. Hunter Hall chief investment officer ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... The investment manager has been a long supporter of the rule which was brought in on 1 July 2011. It can call for a whole board to be re-elected if a significant proportion of shareholders disagree with the amount directors are paid. AMP Capital head ...

ACSI founder remembered for services to Super

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
CareSuper former director and chairman Michael O'Sullivan has passed away after nearly 17 years with the superannuation fund. O'Sullivan served as chairman of CareSuper for three separate two-year periods and was also deputy chair for six years. He ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... extraordinary meeting. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher after a day of consolidation with gains across most of the board, despite light trading. At the close on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.2 points, or 0.22 per cent ...

New Westpac director to start in Feb

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... chairman of Allens law firm, Ewen Crouch will start as an independent non-executive director on Westpac Banking Corporation's board from February this year. Crouch has headed Allens' board since 2009, and is recognised as one of Australia's best mergers ...

PAS Lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... has "continued to be at the forefront of implementing regulatory reforms in the development of our MySuper offering." "The Board and Executive Team have undertaken extensive research, planning, preparation and investment to ensure the fund is well ahead ...

IFM awarded inaugural Aust Small Caps mandate

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2012
... Commenting on the mandate, IFM's Neil Carter expressed his delight that a client of the calibre of HOSTPLUS had come on board as an inaugural Small Caps client. "We look forward to enhancing the investment outcomes of HOSTPLUS members in the Small Caps ...

MAIB appoints Towers Watson to manage $1.2bn in investments

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Peter Roche, CEO of the Tasmanian-based Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB), recently announced the appointment of Towers Watson as the asset consultant for its $1.2 billion investment portfolio following a robust tender process. Commencing in January ...