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FPA board approves move away from commissions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's board has approved the association's remuneration policy that moves its members away from a commission-based model by July 2012. The FPA received more than 250 responses to its consultation paper "Financial ...

State Street CEO and chairman retires

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... almost two decades with the company. Logue is aged 64, and will continue to serve as non-executive chairman of State Street's board of directors for a transition period until January 1, 2011. Upon Logue's retiremen, current State Street president and ...

IML staff strategy gets nod from ratings firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... the ratings firm's small cap market review. "S&P came in and met all the analysts, obviously all the analysts have been on board now for 12 months - so they're now reassured to the stability and experience of our team," said Richard-Preston. "Not to ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... chief dealer at Nikko Securities (Australia) and as a retail client adviser at Norths Stockbroking. Gonzalez served on the board of the CFA Institute for seven years and was the first Australian to chair the CFA Institute in the 2008 financial year. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... the Australian Office of Financial Management will conduct a tender of short-dated Treasury notes. Meanwhile, Future Fund Board of Guardians chairman David Murray addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Sydney. In company news, Austar ...

Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... addition to the $1 billion already classified as current. Lynn Ralph, joint managing director at governance and company board researcher Cameron Ralph, said ASIC's action is very serious. "These proceedings are no dissimilar to the sorts of charges that ...

New deputy chair for complaints tribunal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... most recently as the deputy chairman of legalsuper and the chairman of its investment committee. Previously, Smith was a board member of legalsuper's predecessor funds, the Victorian Solicitor's Superannuation Pty Ltd and the Legal Industry Superannuation ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Two major Australian events are fast approaching - Melbourne Cup Day and the RBA Board meeting. With two weeks to go till 3 November, punters are already eagerly punting on either Viewed or Efficient to win and the RBA to lift interest rates by 25 or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... higher at 4,852. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its October 6 monthly board meeting. The Australian Bureau of Statistic (ABS) releases international merchandise imports data for September. In equities ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... is that it should be more aligned to the corporate model," she said. The Institute's calls for changing the way trustee board models work follow the recent uproar around the remuneration of the chief executive at GESB which, ironically, came to light ...