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Equipsuper and Vision Super merger appoint CEO

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... appointed Vision Super company secretary Paul Curtin as the new fund's deputy chief executive officer. The chair of the board of the Equipsuper and Vision Super joint venture company, Rob Spence, said that Press's appointment followed an extensive external ...

Fidelity, UBS GAM directors join FSC

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... Australia, and Ben Heap, managing director of UBS Global Asset Management in Australia and New Zealand, have joined the FSC board of directors. Announced yesterday at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual general meeting, Doherty and Heap will ...

Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... financial services went to Helen Lynch AM who is non-executive director Westpac and chair of the Russell Australasia Advisory Board. The award for most outstanding thought leader went to professor Michael E Drew, managing director of lifecycle strategies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... pulled lower by a report that consumer confidence plunged in October to the lowest level since March 2009. The Conference Board index measures how shoppers feel about business conditions, the job market and their outlook for the next six months. The ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... Investors (ACSI), last week sent a message to News Corp that contributed up to one-third of votes cast against the current board. Among the board directors to receive significant negative votes, James Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Natalie Bancroft, Andrew ...

Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... executive pay follows the release of a report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors this month that found board director pay to be increasing inline with inflation. According to their Board Composition and Non-Executive Director Pay in ...

NGS Super launches social media strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... accounts. Since its launch in August, NGS Super members have viewed the video over 1,200 times which discusses NGS Super Board's approach in managing investments during recent market volatility. NGS Super said the new digital approach and use of social ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for Australian super funds to protest against members of the News Corp board at its annual general meeting in Los Angeles today if the group's governance does not improve. Global media company News ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... cent lower at $53.06. Two huge California pension funds say they will vote against the re-election of Rupert Murdoch to the board of his media conglomerate News Corporation this week. NewsCorp shares were 21 cents, or 1.25 per cent, lower, at $16.55. ...

Hunter Hall executive board changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Hunter Hall Investment Management has moved to improve corporate governance by increasing non-executive representation on its board with the appointment of Naomi Edwards and resignations of company directors from the board. Naomi Edwards has joined as ...