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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 ...

Report reveals $8.2 billion tax breaks for rich

... in tax breaks every year at the expense of programs for families, a new report has found. Compiled by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), the report found company cars given to high-flying staff as part salary sacrifice packages cost $1 ...

Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... protection afforded workers, while the Democrats had concerns about its impact on casual workers. Andrews said the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other industry groups wanted the laws passed. He said ...

Big business to urge easing of corporate laws on exec pay

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... the government to water down laws forcing companies to publish the pay packets of their top executives. The Business Council of Australia will appear before a parliamentary inquiry into a proposed shake-up of corporate laws and argue the government has ...

Zurich boss says insurers hampered by weight of reforms

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
... consumers. As well, too many regulators and pieces of legislation hamper the management of risk, he said at the Insurance Council of Australia's ninth annual New South Wales conference on Friday. He said the Stage Two reforms involving Australian Prudential ...