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Finance Industry Council of Australia formed

A new financial services body called the Finance Industry Council of Australia (FICA) has been formed with its members being made up of some of the industry's leading professional associations. FICA's aim is to facilitate higher level responses to the ...

ISS acquires Proxy Australia

... will be headed up by Stapledon. Proxy Australia has 30 local clients and an exclusive relationship with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. "We have an acute awareness of institutional client needs across the world's markets and we place ...

FPA concerned over misleading advertising about Choice

... misinforming superannuation fund members." The professional body has also moved to allay the fears expressed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions that choice of fund could lead to mis-selling and churning. Kelly says, "Stringent regulatory requirements ...

UniSuper makes corporate governance appointment

... fund's corporate governance and sustainable investment policies and procedures. As a founding member of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) UniSuper requires its Australian equity managers to vote on all resolutions for companies ...

New president for ICA

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has elevated Insurance Australia Group CEO Michael Hawker from deputy president to president for 2005. Hawker brings to the role four years experience as CEO of IAG. He replaces Promina Group managing director ...

News Corp agrees to strengthen US corporate governance

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2004
... diminished if the move to the US state of Delaware is approved at a shareholders meeting later this month. The Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) and Corporate Governance International (CGI) had urged News Corp to include major provisions of ...

News Corp offers compromise over US domicile issues: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
... addressing concerns about its possible exit altogether from the ASX. The newspaper said representatives of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Corporate Governance International and Institutional Shareholders' Services were meeting late ...

RBC Capital launches $250 million Kangaroo transaction

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2004
RBC Capital markets has launched a $250 million Kangaroo transaction for the Council of Europe Development Bank (COE). The bond deal, the first for COE in the Kangaroo market, is being marketed to investors at 28 to 30 basis points over the ACGB (Australian ...

ICA appoints David Knott to review submissions on draft code

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) on Friday said it had appointed the former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, David Knott, to independently review public submissions on the industry\'s new draft code of practice. ...

Shareholders, super funds welcome Walter's decision to exit NAB board

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
... really, and the bank should now get on with the business of making profits for its shareholders." Head of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors Phillip Spathis said he hoped the bank would learn its lessons from the boardroom brawling. "We ...