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Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... investment officer Terry Newson. Referring to figures from the International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) at the University of Toronto, he said the figures showed good governance, risk management and alignment of interests could add anything ...

Finsia appoints interim CEO

... non-executive interests, particularly in education, with responsibilities as treasurer of Ascham School and the University of Sydney's Women's College. During his appointment, Harrison will carry the business in the short term while the group searches ...

Superpartners crosses Tasman for new CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... experience base in financial services at senior levels, as is evident from his CV," he said. Camm holds an MBA from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Business from Monash.

MFS bolsters business development

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... years industry experience to MFSIM, most recently with Provident Capital. She holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Joining Fararoui is Daniel Frumar, a qualified financial adviser with sevenyears experience. Frumar ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... current account deficit, according to Fariborz Moshirian, professor of finance in the Faculty of Business at the University of NSW. Regardless of China's situation, the Asian Development Bank has already created a mechanism to establish a euro-style ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

Macquarie Bank has teamed up with academics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to develop a faster mathematical method to calculate the risks of investing in highly complex finance products. Under the initiative, the bank will work with researchers ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... with minimum wages rising by up to 17 per cent in Shenzhen about 9 per cent in Shanghai in 20006. In the US the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index decreased to a score of 88.8 in March having risen to 91.3 in February. The index reflects ...

PE stirs academic heat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... bottom line is returns, where does that leave stakeholders?" Professor Iain MacNeil from the School of law at the University of Glasgow said, "The push for more disclosure private equity is not about treating them like public investments but promoting ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... fall in January to now make them 38 per cent lower than a year ago. This places them at the level of 1990-91. The University of Michigan consumer Confidence Index fell from 96.9 to 93.3 during January although it is still at a relatively high level compared ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... per cent of sellers are distressed". This follows the research and comments made by Professor Bill Mitchell of the University of Newcastle who said last week that despite the nationwide resources boom, the interest rate hikes of last year were negatively ...