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Climate change takes priority: Zurich

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... escalating risks. Meanwhile Zurich says it is doing its part to mitigate the crisis. Earlier this year, the firm commissioned corporate climate specialists Climate Risk to research climate change risks and seek out opportunities they present to clients. ...

Macq reduces headcount

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... today. It is believed that more than 100 roles in Macquarie Capital were made redundant. The division is the group's corporate advisory services arm, dealing with mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and project finance. "Macquarie businesses respond ...

ING head of corp affairs and comms exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
ING's head of corporate affairs and communication Patrick Southam has left the company following a business restructure. In October, ING created two new business units: the corporate strategy and marketing and the retirement investments solutions. The ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... The index has been licensed to Malaysia-based Corston-Smith Asset Management to be used as the basis for a long-only corporate governance investment fund. "ASEAN member countries are among the fastest emerging economies in Asia. The Dow Jones Islamic ...

ATO launches auditor software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Australia (SPAA) for accredited SMSF auditors. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, said specialist auditors would assist Australians make the most out of their retirement savings and commended SPAA's ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... debt, they opposed the idea of scrapping the bond market. This is because closing the bond market would disrupt sales of corporate credit and other financial instruments such as interest rates futures and interest rate swaps. These instruments are priced ...

Northern Trust upgrades consultant service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... designed to reflect key information that consultants need to make informed decisions," said Robert Frazer, Northern Trust Corporate & Institutional Services business head of Global Consultant Relations. "The easy to use interface...provide more than ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The $23 billion UniSuper is taking the corporate governance of its $1 billion investments in Asia to new heights - the fund is extending its proxy voting policy for shareholders to include ventures in the region. UniSuper has already commenced voting ...

Wiki me happy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
Web content manager Vignette predicts that social networking tailor-made for corporates will be the next platform on which financial services providers can engage their Gen Y staff and retain their customers. The power of social networking came to the ...

ASX firms more carbon clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... said the number of companies reporting carbon emissions is pleasing but more needs to be done. "The challenge now for corporate Australia is to eliminate these costs through innovative design and process improvements," he said. VicSuper, with the Environment ...