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KKR bids for Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... Perpetual had received an "indicative, incomplete, conditional and non-binding proposal" from KKR. In turn, the Perpetual Board has formed a sub-committee to consider the proposal. Peter Scott, Perpetual's chairman-elect, will lead the committee. The ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... US$160 billion in bond purchases on top of 200 billion bond stimulus program already implemented. Juergen Stark, executive board member of the European Central Bank, told an interview that the bank would continue bond purchases "as long as necessary". ...

Trustees must raise bar on governance: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... higher level of responsibility." The paper outlines 47 practices, including tenure and succession planning for the trustee board, code of conduct, conflicts and board assessments and accountability to members. Issues surrounding engagement of external ...

FPA appoints three directors

FPA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... financial planners Neil Kendall, Peter O'Toole and Julie Matheson have been elected to the Financial Planning Association board. After 23 candidates stood for the election, Kendall, O'Toole and Matheson were elected as practitioner members and will be ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... in-house certain investment operations previously outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's 12th largest pension fund according to Towers Watson, has gone live with SimCorp Dimension, as it ...

Board diversity gives greater results

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Board gender diversity correlates with better results, according to ACSI research. Additionally, superannuation investors regard the low level of female board participation as an investment issue. US Fortune 500 Company boards report nearly twice the ...

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... topic as to the role an association should play. All FPAs are members of the global body called Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), which includes Australia, Brazil, Taiwan, India, China and France among others. The FPSB sets standards at an international ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... came out the market kicked on," Mr Foulsham said. "It certainly did make a difference to the market, pretty much across the board." Major miners outperformed the broader market throughout the morning, continuing on from gains the previous day. At 1200 ...

Suncorp chair to retire

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
John Story, Suncorp chairman, intends to retire next year after the next board election. Story, in his latest chairman address, has expressed plans to stand in the next election to act as a guide to the new board before stepping down as chair in a year's ...

Countplus buys risk dealer group

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... will become new employees of Countplus' dealership operating company, which will be independently managed and have its own board of directors. TFSA's advisers are located throughout Australia and have signed new authorised representative agreements with ...