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Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Future Fund board member and former Treasurer, Peter Costello, has been appointed managing director of independent financial and corporate advisory services firm, BKK Partners. Alastair Walton, chair at BKK Partners, said he has known Costello for more ...

MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... management arms, severely disrupting the businesses of the affected asset managers. "We picked up market share across the board - retail, onshore, offshore, insto, sub-advised mandates - and that's why we're running at 10 per cent organic growth, which ...

Perpetual appoints board director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... Perpetual Limited has appointed chairman of the Reach Foundation and PricewaterhouseCoopers veteran, Paul Brasher, to its board. Brasher's appointment is effectively immediately. He is currently chairman of the Reach Foundation, a board member of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... contract was 25 points higher at 4,568. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its monthly board meeting. Its decision on interest rates is due to be announced at 1430 AEDT. On Monday, the Australian share market closed ...

Maritime Super picks AIA for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... them into the shortlist to ensure we were comfortable with them," he said. "Subsequent to the in-principle decision of the board, we had a significant amount of due diligence on their accounts and balance sheet to ensure they would be there for us for ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed to the $64 billion Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Costello is expected to take up his post on 18 December, after officially quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... consumers re-spending. This brings us to today's topic. It's all about confidence. And confidence is slipping. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 47.7 in October from 53.4 in the previous month - lower than expectations for a small ...

JBWere announces board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
National Australia Bank (NAB) and Goldman Sachs JBWere announced the JBWere board members, which includes Michael Ullmer, deputy chief executive and executive director at NAB and Steve Tucker, group executive of wealth Australia at NAB. Ullmer was appointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... be ready to spend this holiday season. Consumer strength is considered vital to a recovery in the economy. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell unexpectedly to 47.7 in October - its second-lowest reading since May. Analysts had predicted ...

Premium eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... procuring new firms and the reality is [other] dealer groups are being extremely proactive in their incentives to bring on board advisory firms," said Saunders. "We're looking at the quality of the firm and highlighting the benefits of an independently ...