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Vale Phil Spathis

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... to many of ACSI's successes and was a steady hand in numerous campaigns that led to improved governance of corporate Australia. "In superannuation and corporate governance circles, Phil's friendship was valued as well as his expert opinion. He provided ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... ofA the country's top superannuation chief financial officer (CFO). "The volatility in global markets and corporate Australia has upped the pressure on finance teams this year in operating treasury. But the uncertainty has also created opportunity for ...

Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... week holding a half-day forum in Sydney, entitled "Who Votes Your Shares", intended to open the conversation corporate Australia and industry and public sector super funds. "We're bringing corporate heads together with decision makers in many of the ...

Fresh-faced Altair attracts ING and AMP talent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... decisions confidently." "David comes with extensive experience and deep networks in the equity market and corporate Australia, which is complemented by the analytical insights and abilities of Alvin, Cindy and Daniel. This greatly enhances our research ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... BlackRock. "Given the relatively poor rate of change in the statistics coupled with poor disclosure of policies, corporate Australia is open to our political leaders imposing quotas of women on listed company boards. The threat of a quota system looms ...

Super Springboard scholarships for women announced

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... diversity leads to a more effective and efficient board," said Ms Wood. "The super industry has been leading corporate Australia for some time now in terms of the percentage of female board members, although women make up only around 21 per cent of directors ...

Super keeping economy strong: ASFA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... financing became unavailable or unaffordable for Australian companies. Super played an important role in assisting corporate Australia to lower corporate risk during the GFC. "Superannuation is not just invested in listed shares; and that's useful to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... lack of market moving news combined with more civil unrest in the Middle East and mixed profit results from corporate Australia is starting to weigh on investor sentiment, Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said. "The real feel you're getting ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... said that while the last reporting season pointed to healthy balance sheets and improving profitability of corporate Australia, retail investors are "relatively slow" on the uptake. "The retail market has been relatively slow, investor confidence has ...

Capital raisings shun small investors: ISS

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... than 3 per cent of all securities underwritten. The extent to which the deleveraging process was underway in corporate Australia is illuminated by the review's finding that more than 60 per cent of the funds raised in the two year period were applied ...