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Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... losses indexed to preserve their value over time, and the losses will continue to be available even if the ownership of the company changes. "This new tax incentive is part of the Government's ongoing commitment to promote private investment in nationally ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... about governance at News Corp (News), arguing that Rupert Murdoch holding both chairman and chief executive roles at the company was not in its investors' interests. First Super sold down its holdings in News after Murdoch reacted defiantly saying there ...

TOWER Life business sold to Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... most of its life insurance business to Fidelity Life in deal worth $189 million. Fidelity Life is a New Zealand owned company that specialises in life insurance, personal protection, business insurance, savings, investment and KiwiSaver. Under the agreement ...

Morningstar hands Needham global CIO role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... Investments, renaming the business Ibbotson Associates Australia in 2010. Needham will relocate to the United Kingdom once the company appoints a new Asia Pacific chief investment officer. The firm's regional chief investment officers will report to ...

Australian companies 20 years off ESG reporting standards: ACSI

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... exposure to ESG investment risks." The report also found that there appears to be a notable degree of correlation between company size and sustainability reporting level. The number of ASX200 companies structuring their sustainability reports to the ...

Platinum board restructure, Neilson steps down as CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... Elizabeth Norman has been appointed to the board as director of investor services and communications. Norman joined the company in 1994 and built the investor communications and support service. Jacob Mitchell will take up the role of deputy chief investment ...

Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... also questioned the effectiveness of marketing through social media. Having a Facebook page, for example, can leave a company vulnerable to barrages of public criticism, which translates into instant bad publicity. He also said that social media users ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... to $58.06 and Fortescue 12.5 cents higher at $3.815. Seven West Media was a strong performer in early trade, after the company said cost saving initiatives would increase its net profit by more than $75 million in the 2013/14 financial year. Seven West ...

EQT mulls position after Perpetual move on Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... response on its position, after Perpetual announced to the market yesterday that it proposed to buy 100% of The Trust Company ordinary shares. In statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this morning EQT said that it was considering its ...

SFG pursues mergers on WHK suspension

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... "There were synergies around us merging with WHK which would have been around liquidity and being the size of an ASX 200 company." In its own statement to the ASX, WHK acknowledge that its financial position led to the suspension of the merger talks. ...