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Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Brian Wilson will take over as chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... right down the middle. Apart from being seen as a very brave soul in trying to predict what's inside the heads of the RBA Board members, punters won't want to be caught with their pants down one more time and look silly in front of the entire financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... contract was up 27 points at 4,360. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its regular monthly board meeting and makes its rates decision. In equities news, Stockland managing director Matthew Quinn and Commonwealth Bank's deputy ...

Towers Watson leverages Deloitte talent for exec pay unit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... partner Stephen Burke. Both Finlay and Burke recently retired from Deloitte Australia following the firm's decision to exit board and executive remuneration advice on the basis it created internal conflict with the firm's other service lines. "It is ...

ASX appoints Gonski replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Roderic Holliday-Smith will succeed David Gonski as chairman of directors on the ASX Board as Gonski departs for the Future Fund. Gonski resigned as chair of the ASX Group on March 14 to replace former CBA boss David Murray as the new chair of the Future ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... chairman) Ben Bernanke's comments the other night. There was a bit of euphoria yesterday when markets rallied across the board. "But at the moment, we're just seeing some quiet consolidation." Markets had rallied earlier this week after Dr Bernanke signalled ...

SFG restructures board for best practice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
SFG Australia has appointed Naseema Sparks to its board as an independent, non-executive director. Tony McDonald has also resigned from his position as an executive director of the Company. Sparks currently holds a number of non-executive directorships ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... don't have to remind you that the American consumer accounts for 70% of America's economy. But wait! Read the Conference Board's report on consumer sentiment and you'll find that it wasn't as bad as what the bloggerati make it out to be. Yes, the index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... into the negative in the last 15 minutes to finish down 2.22 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 3,120.35. A dip in the Conference Board's US consumer confidence index, and the S&P-Case Shiller's report that home prices continued to fall in January, cast a ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... when you consider the strengthening momentum in the US economy. We got more evidence of this last night. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.7% in February - its fifth straight and more than expectations for a 0.1% gain ...