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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 75 points at 3,939. In economic news on Tuesday, the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia meets to consider, inter alia, official interest rates. It is to announce its decision at 1430 ...

ANZ Super reviews trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The $1.7 billion ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme is on the hunt for trustees to join its board - a move that echoes Westpac Staff Super's recent call for members to elect two directors to its own board. Over the next few months, ANZ will be holding ...

Conflicts not all bad: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... peak interest group for not-for-profit super funds said having conflicts of interest may be unavoidable particularly if the board of a super fund wishes to hire the best people and take most advantage of its strategic relationships. "While conflicts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... Hancock said. Flight Centre was trading 45 cents, or 7.92 per cent, higher at $6.13. Media stocks were stronger across the board, with News surging 74 cents, or 6.12 per cent, to $12.84 and its non-voting scrip jumping 78 cents, or 7.28 per cent, to ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... tested -- the US government is testing 19 in all? Now for the good news. Americans are feeling cheerier. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 39.2 in April - the highest since November last year - against 26.9 in the previous month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... need to strengthen their capital following "stress tests" conducted by authorities. The mood was improved by a Conference Board report that its April index of consumer confidence rose to 39.2 from 26.9 a month earlier, in a hopeful sign for consumer ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... for its clients, says the firm's new chief executive, Andrew Fairweather. Fairweather, who was recently appointed to the Board of Directors at Select as chief executive, said Select will no longer be offering its Select Gottex Market Neutral fund to ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... include the duties of chief executives, company secretaries and chief financial officers when taking important matters to the Board and disclosing those matters to the market. The court decisions also provide guidance on the responsibilities of non-executive ...

IOOF and AWM merger set to go

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... executive of the merged group. Current IOOF chairman Ian Blair will become chairman of the new merged entity, with existing IOOF Board members representing a majority of the merged group's Board. Under the scheme, AWM shareholders will receive one share ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Climate Change (IGCC) late last year, replacing the first and outgoing chair, Bob Welsh, chief executive at VicSuper. The board said it would take a year to complete the merger and directed its members to check www.merger.ncsf.csf.com.au for updates ...