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Shareholder claims hike D&O costs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... little room to negotiate new rates as underwriters also have to factor increasing regulatory scrutiny after the recent corporate collapses. "The result of the fallout has been to energise the regulator and encourage the growth of securities class actions," ...

FIIG hires fixed income AD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... Thomson Financial Services, Citibank and Banker Trust. Sall will be responsible for the firm's marketing, the sale of corporate bonds and other fixed income investments to clients. FIIG recently expanded the firm's sales and marketing services to cater ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... continued the previous day's strong gains on continued optimism about global economic prospects and better-than-expected corporate results. Wall Street's early gains also boosted sentiment in Europe. In London the FTSE 100 index added 54.12 points, or ...

Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... Fairweather. Select's management and organisational structure has also undergone a makeover. Fairweather, previously head of corporate development is now chief executive of the fund manager. Brendan Foley has been appointed executive chairman following ...

Govt drafts new credit regime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... categorised as credit service providers and required to hold an ACL. Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said credit providers and advisers would need to meet a higher standard than currently exists at state or territory ...

Australian equities need more PR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... companies to win the confidence of managers overseas. Local stocks have also been commended for their transparency and good corporate governance. Given these sentiments, the majority of the respondents said they are maintaining their investment allocation ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... was repeated less than a year ago, on 15 September 2008. Remember that day? It was the day Lehman Brothers 158-year corporate history became history. On this very day that Moody's reportedly decided to downgrade Lehman's rating from investment grade ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... structures. The research also showed that institutional investor returns were off by approximately 25 per cent for the median corporate, public and endowment/foundation fund. Meanwhile new figures from Northern Trust note that U.S. institutional investment ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... seven former non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie is a "landmark decision" in Australian corporate governance, said ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said yesterday's decision in its civil ...