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St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

... two of the country's leading business bodies, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA). A panel of government and industry workplace experts chose the winners. Michelle Baltazar

SEQUAL to boost reach through education

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... formerly head of education for the MFAA (Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia), as well as inaugural chair of the Council of Mortgage Lenders Group, a member of the Finsia Mortgage Industry Task Force. He also designed and delivered the SEQUAL-accredited ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up 30 points to 6298. In corporate news today, the Australian Council of Super Investors Conference will be held in Melbourne. Resource stocks led the market's charge back into the black yesterday. ...

Insurer claims from storms reach $200m

... rain and flooding that hit coastal NSW and the surrounding districts. Kerrie Kelly, chief executive at the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said that the estimated claims cost is around $200 million, and rising. "The number of claims and the estimated ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... assessment of whether appropriate regulation or laws apply to private equity. Among those who made submissions were the Law Council of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Takeover Panel, the National Institute of Accountants ...

Bevan to hit retail mortgage market for six

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... Australia over the line, to add sales kudos to the franchise. The Franchise Shop is a consultancy of the Franchise Council of Australia, chief advisory board to Australia's $80 billion franchising industry.

Disclose what you invest in: ACSI

Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) president, Michael O'Sullivan, has welcomed an updated fund governance standard but said super funds should improve their disclosure around which companies they invest in. O'Sullivan was responding ...

PE won't be allowed to cause systemic risks: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... [Financial Services Authority] here in London has done a big report, we are having this looked at in Australia by our Council of Financial Regulators." Costello said despite the rush of private equity money, much of money behind the deals in Australia ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... 24. However, he did signal that a solution suitable to all parties might be achieved after the April meeting of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The German economy continues to pick up and lead most of the other European ones in terms of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... negatively affecting the outer suburbs of Sydney where manufacturing job losses were hitting the hardest. The Business Council of Australia has asked the federal government to increase workforce participation and productivity especially given that the ...