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Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... of General Motors and Chrysler getting closer to becoming junk as the US government asks them to go back to the drawing board. The greed of missing out on the budding equity market rally was quickly replaced by fear of being left the 'greater fool' tag ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... with the fund's long term strategy and avoiding opaque products, said Vamos. "It's about saying 'I'm sitting on a trustee board, I need to exercise a measure of oversight, and I've got to measure performance'. "What [this course] does is that it gives ...

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... the funds management industry in his next role. "It could well be an executive position but it could be on a committee of board. At this stage I'm focused on having a break," he said.

Fry and Watton win AIST Trustee award

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... client services Margaret Sugden said that this year it was impossible to split the winners. Last years' winner was HESTA board member Beth Mohle.

Ipac appoints chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
AXA Australia Asia Pacific subsidiary, ipac, has appointed Neil Swindells as chief executive. Swindells' appointment follows the firm's chief executive and AXA head of advice, Peeyush Gupta stepping down next month. Swindells was previously an AXA senior ...

Pay to perform

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Federal Government is granting super funds and fund managers more powers to reject or approve executive remuneration schemes, marking the end of an era blotted by outrageous 'golden handshakes' and excessive bonuses. Under legislative reforms announced ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... the paper, the weakness in governance indices is their reliance on the uni-dimensional factors such as the proportion of board directors who are independent, how concentrated is the management structure, and type of executive remuneration. "The academic ...

Seize the pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... five-year rolling periods, regardless of whether they are still employed by the company or not. For example, a company's board should apply a ceiling to how much an executive can earn each year and if an executive meets or exceeds targets, additional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... index was up eight points at 3,378. On the economic front on Tuesday, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia March board meeting is due. The Housing Industry Association - RP Data residential land report for the December quarter is published. In ...

Babcock & Brown folds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... counterparts were a majority 69 per cent in favour of the debt restructure as of votes made by close of business yesterday. The board's decision to call Deloitte is the final nail to the company's troubles that unfolded last year. Both the board and ...