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Former MLC chief takes Perpetual chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... Peter Scott as chairman, as Robert Savage, the firm's current chair, confirmed his upcoming retirement. Savage joined the board of Perpetual in 2001 and became chairman in 2005. He confirmed his forthcoming retirement as chairman and director in accordance ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... long last shareowners have achieved the kind of protections critical for restoring confidence," said Rob Feckner, CalPERS board president. "We applaud President Obama and Congress for achieving this comprehensive overhaul that protects the pension assets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... points, with 3,176 contracts traded. In economics news on Tuesday, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) July 6 board meeting were due for release at 1130 AEST. Also, RBA governor Glenn Stevens is listed to speak at the Anika Foundation ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Financial, PIS and Securitor have formed a new alliance in response to draft proposals from the accounting ethical standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from July next year. On 30 June, the Accounting Professional & Ethical ...

Canadian pension fund bids for Intoll

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) moves to buy Sydney-based infrastructure group Intoll. CPPIB bid provides three options for Intoll shareholders including a cash offer equivalent of $1.53 per Intoll stapled security. The offer represents ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Ohio and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, represented by the attorney general, led the class action suit. "The OPERS Board of Trustees has been an active participant in securities litigation cases on behalf of our members and retirees," said Ken ...

Austock investments chair resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Tim Boyle, chairman of investments at Austock Group, resigned last Friday but will remain on the Austock board as a non-executive director. According to an ASX statement released on Friday, Boyle's resignation took immediate effect at the end of last ...

Coding error review prompts sell rating

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... mishandling of a coding error, which ultimately led to the group founder's resignation and demotion of the CIO. The AXA Board determined that the group's founder, Barr Rosenberg, and head of research, Thomas Mead, did not act in accordance with the firm's ...

Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... highlighting another example of the weaknesses of LIC vehicles. More than 95 per cent of the fund's investors voted for the board's proposed return of capital at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday. The fund's board has estimated that $75 million ...

AAS, Pillar and Superpartners brace for SuperStream

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... largest fund administrators - AAS, Pillar Administration and Superpartners - have formed an affiliation that will take on board the recommendations from the Cooper Review to improve super fund back office efficiencies. The Superannuation Exchange Affiliation ...