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Australian Ethical names new chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... social responsibility and has recently been invited to join the board of Planet Ark. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He joins the company on 7 ...

Tax system should improve wellbeing: Henry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... distortions currently in the tax system are all up for review. "Australians [should] have the capability to participate fully in society; that they are able to enjoy the freedom that comes with being able to make choices they have reason to value." To ...

Today is the International Day of Older Persons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... reaffirm our commitment to the vital work of upholding the United Nations Principles for Older Persons and achieving a society for all ages." According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a new person is added to Australia's population every 72 seconds ...

CFA appoints Gunasingham as president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
CFA Society of Sydney (CFAS) has elected Brindha Gunasingham, CFA to the role of president of the board. Gunasingham's term begins immediately. She will succeed Olivia Engel, CFA who served as president since August 2007. CFAS has also announced Richard ...

MAP partners with Heritage Building Society

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
MAP Funds Management has formed a strategic partnership with Heritage Building Society that will see MAP provide Heritage with superannuation investment products and financial planning services. According to a statement on the fund's website, the deal ...

Avoid financial speculation: Pontiff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... the enterprise." His comments are on chapter three of the encyclical titled "Fraternity, Economic Development and Civil Society", which was released last month. The economic shock caused by the GFC requires "a profoundly new way of understanding business ...

Banks to tap ATMs for advertising

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... retail banks - adding extra revenue from third party advertisers. Current customers of atmAd include Nationwide Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Alliance & Leicester. The firm also calls Barclays, Lloyds TSB, TBS and HSBC among its ...

Scheuber appointed QSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... for over 30 years, six as chief executive, he is a fellow of both the Australian Institute of Management and Australian Society of CPAs, and also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. QSuper also appointed Norelle Deeth, former director-general ...

Legal funds merge into Legalsuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... Barrister community," said Miles. Legalsuper has also recently appointed Hugh Macken, the immediate past president of the Law Society of New South Wales, to its board, and Neville Hathaway to a new position of investment expert in an expansion of legalsuper's ...

Nigerians seek CFA certificate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... for the CFA program. This means the country had the second most participants in Africa, said Emily Dunbar, director of society relations for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Our visit to the country has been prompted by a recognition that Nigeria, as ...