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NAB names new chief

WWW.THESHEET.COM, ASX STATEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... replace John Stewart for the top job. Stewart's departure this year is in line with the loose timetable set by him and the board following his elevation from running the bank's business in Britain to replace Frank Cicutto in early 2004, following the ...

APFC appoints $782m infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... pumped $521 million and $261 million into two infrastructure funds by Goldman Sachs and Alinda Capital Partners. The APFC board poured the investments into the new Goldman Sachs Institutional Infrastructure Partners II fund and Alinda II fund. "A pooled ...

Westscheme shakes up portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... exposures among others after a review of its investment strategy. For the first time since March 2006, the Westscheme Trustee Board altered the strategic asset allocation for the Westscheme Trustee's Selection and the Westscheme Screened Investment options. ...

ASX firms snub climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... could provide a corporate climate change commitment, only four per cent of companies linked the climate change strategy to board or senior management remuneration. From those firms identified as high risk, 39 per cent disclosed absolute Greenhouse gases ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... back of a better-than-expected US consumer confidence report and a sharp fall in the price of crude oil. The Conference Board reported that US consumer sentiment rebounded from 51 in June to 51.9 this month. The July reading marked the first improvement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Americans' financial woes. The prospect of lower energy costs for US consumers, along with a modest uptick in the Conference Board's July index of consumer confidence to 51.9 from 51 in June, came as welcome news. Merrill Lynch's move to dumping billions ...

McCullagh to depart Military Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... is retiring this year but has not ruled out continuing his involvement with Australia's wealth management industry. The Board of Military Super is on the hunt for a new chief executive to replace McCullagh, who is retiring after serving 17 years with ...

Count buys $6m stake in Mortgage Choice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... [and] obviously build bigger a business inside of Count," said Perkovic. Count also recently approached Mortgage Choice's board and management on a confidential basis to discuss a merger between the companies. However Mortgage Choice's board of directors ...

Hillross board siphons industry expertise

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... strategies and fine tune the firm's operations in the investment space. Hilross recently unveilled its Technical Advice Board made up of industry experts across the legal, tax and financial service industries. Among its members are finance heavyweights ...

Trust MD resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... Jonathan Sweeney, managing director of listed financial services group Trust has resigned for personal reasons. The Trust Board has called executive search firm Spencer Stuart to fill the role. Sweeney will leave the company once a successor has been ...