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Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... "union mates," said Mathias Cormann, shadow minister for superannuation. Rather than a genuine attempt to encourage diversity, it favours union dominated industry super funds, Cormann said in a statement. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Trustees (AIST) Fiona Reynolds has called upon super funds to appoint more female directors in a bid for greater gender diversity and equality. The peak body for Australia's $500 billion not-for-profit superannuation funds calls were joined by the Equal ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... long way to run," said Van Munster. Based on a 'price to earnings' (PE) ratio, there continues to be a high level of diversity across a number of market sectors, which are all adjusting to the changing economic cycle, he added. "Within resources, there ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... market neutral strategies have proven to be the cheapest and most effective way to preserve capital, and that their diversity coupled with manager scarcity in Australia means they have very limited correlation to the broader equity market, and to each ...

ipac securities awards Vinva $1.2bn mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... the short to medium term, some that looks at the long term, and have a good blend of those [managers] to get a good diversity of idea generations across different time horizons," said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at the AMP-owned ipac securities. ...

New head of Australian wholesale sales: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Nick McDowell as Australian head of Wholesale Sales. Nick McDowell will be responsible for driving the development and diversity of Fidelity's wholesale funds business through Intermediaries including banks, insurance companies and financial advisers ...

FINSIA calls on regulators for workplace diversity

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Australasia calls on regulators to encourage companies to develop measurable objectives to assess their progress on workplace diversity and gender pay parity. The call for regulatory attention on these issues comes after the Financial Services Institute ...

Unprecedented nominations for AFA Advisers awards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... sponsor this important industry initiative. "We are committed to it as an organisation because we believe in the value diversity brings to all businesses and professions. "The quality of the nominations again demonstrates the calibre of women seeking ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... government set in motion to make financial advice more accessible" puts consumers at a "disadvantage, by reducing choice and diversity across the financial services industry," he continued. If elected, Cormann said his government would also go out of ...

Vision for the future

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... for millions of Australians. He added that Australia will likely have better governance which will encourage greater diversity and less of the "group think" that has acted as a barrier to progress. He acknowledged the industry's contribution to the "ongoing ...