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Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Business Council of Australia (BCA) criticisms of the government's emissions trading system are not a rearguard action against fighting climate change, but constructive suggestions about how to make it work better. Speaking at the Sydney Institute last ...

DirectPortfolio appoints board member

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... Order of Australia AM in 2003. Smith's leadership roles included her consumer and community work with the Australian Council of Social Services and the Australian Consumers Association in the 1990s. Smith was appointed to the statutory position of Commonwealth ...

New ombudsman service welcomed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... insurance and superannuation ombudsman. The service's board consists of nine members including Kerrie Kelly, Insurance Council of Australia and IOS board member, David Squire MLC national industry liaison manager and FICs board member and Fiona Guthrie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) international trade in goods and services data for May is due. The Business Council of Australia president Greg Gailey addresses the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on `Australia's Emissions ...

SEQUAL appoints first chief

... force behind the introduction of the Equity Release Code of Proper Process, which he developed in conjunction with the Council of Mortgage Lenders in the United Kingdom. Conlon's appointment as CEO will start on 1 July 2008, expanding SEQUAL's management ...

UBS expands global real estate team

... business. She has previously held senior positions at CB Richard Ellis in research and consulting and the Property Council of Australia as a research and policy analyst. She is currently doing a PhD in Urban Development & Strategic Planning, and holds ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment and Financial Services Association and Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, transparency and disclosure are fundamental principles that lay the groundwork of market ...

Christian Super avoids tobacco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... after a survey found super fund members wanted them to avoid the tobacco industry. A survey conducted by the Cancer Council of NSW and the University of Newcastle found 63 per cent of superannuation members wanted their funds to exclude investment into ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) wants the government to freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero ...

Sunsuper appoints board member

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... 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 at WorkCover Queensland. Previously, Monaghan spent 28 years within ...