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Former UniSuper CIO joins legalsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... investment committee. In this role, St John will oversee conduct of investment committee meetings and report directly to the board on investment strategy, policy and operations. The appointment follows recent hires including Richard Sanajko, who joined ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... Murdoch is preparing to distance himself - or even sell - his newspaper group following news that he has resigned from the board of several New Corp subsidiaries. Shares in the resources giants also fell, with Rio Tinto two per cent lower at $52.28 and ...

Investorfirst seeks capital

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... said. An undisclosed third party offered to inject capital at a premium to the rights offer price, however the Investorfirst board said that after the considering the terms of the "initial verbal approach" the offer was less than favorable to the company ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... equity arm, Teachers' Private Capital (TPC). The all-cash offer has been unanimously recommended to shareholders by the board, according to the pension fund, which said the deal requires the backing of investors holding at least 75% of the company's ...

Perpetual increases NFP scholarships

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Perpetual has approved additional funding for more not-for-profit board education and governance scholarships. The scholarships will be available to chairmen and directors of NFP boards and the increase follows community and NFP sector demand. Following ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said it was unclear why the local market had fallen in early trade. "Across the board the market is having a breather," Mr Chatterton said. "We weren't expecting it to ease after a strong night on Wall Street. ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... said Sims. On 11 July it was reported that Pipeline Partners Australia had also made a $1.23bn for HDF, which the Hastings board has recommended that shareholders accept. Morningstar analyst Adrian Atkins told AAP that the bid from Pipeline Partners ...

First State Super butts out tobacco

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... First State Super's exclusion of tobacco-related investments from socially responsible options eight years ago. "The Trustee Board decided to extend the exclusion of tobacco investments across all our portfolios following strong feedback from health ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... for the 2012 financial year. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July board meeting and the Australia Bureau of Statistics releases the international merchandise data for June along with the new motor ...

Hunter Hall appoints ex-Perpetual CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... new chief following the resignation of David Buckland earlier this year. Deverall will commence with the firm and assume a board seat on July 30, 2012. Quoting the appeal of ethical investment and strong fundamentals as motivation for the move, Deverall ...