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News Corp offers compromise over US domicile issues: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
... exit altogether from the ASX. The newspaper said representatives of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Corporate Governance International and Institutional Shareholders' Services were meeting late yesterday to consider their response ...

Australian service sector activity improves in Sept: index

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
... upswing had accompanied a strong lift in new orders in the quarter, with government budgetary initiatives and buoyant corporate profitability offsetting a range of negative factors, including higher energy costs, a mixed global outlook and uncertainties ...

Geopolitical and economic concerns dampen managers' optimism: Russell Survey

... to small changes in the US interest rates or almost negligible information about inflation than to the many positive corporate profit announcements. And yet managers clearly still see real opportunities when it comes to equities and market valuation" ...

Qantas flies its fixed interest with Perennial

... Patterson said. The Australian Core Plus strategy will primarily invest in Australian government bonds, high quality corporate and asset backed securities. To further enhance returns a percentage of the portfolio may be opportunistically allocated to ...

IFSA acknowledges the tenure of outgoing ASX CEO

... some outstanding achievements, including oversight of the demutualisation of the ASX and the establishment of the ASX Corporate Governance Council, to name but two," Gilbert said. "We welcome incoming CEO, Tony D'Loisio, and look forward to the further ...

New challenges keep coming, says ASIC chairman

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
The head of Australia's corporate regulator on Tuesday said his organisation was facing challenges in overseeing companies as they battle to meet their new reporting obligations. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Jeff ...

Cathy Walter urges consideration of regulatory future

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2004
... the example of James Hardie Industries as she urged Australia's business community to carefully consider the future of corporate regulation in this country. Walter, who gained prominence during her protracted battle with fellow NAB directors in the wake ...

Goldman Sachs says HIH claims still baseless

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2004
... chief executive Rodney Alder. A request for comment today from Mr Turnbull was referred to Goldman Sachs director of corporate communications Edward Naylor. "Any claim made against Goldman Sachs or its former employees would be as baseless today as when ...

Emerging opportunities not just in China: Franklin Templeton

... white paper released by Franklin Templeton Institutional, Finding Opportunities in Emerging Markets, cites improved corporate governance, accounting standards, legal structures, communications and reduced trading costs as reasons behind their re-emergence. ...

ASIC begins investigation into James Hardie

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2004
Australia's corporate watchdog has begun an investigation into possible breaches of the law by James Hardie Industries. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's investigation comes one day after the findings of a six-month inquiry into ...