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Campbell sees greater protective role for CFOs

An important role of the modern Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in corporate life is to rein in overly aggressive, high risk Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), according to Senator Ian Campbell, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. Campbell said ...

Morningstar confirms four star rating for JBWere

... strengthen JBWere's balance sheet. JBWere's main business activities include retail and institutional broking and advice, corporate advisory activities, funds management, and distribution and has approximately $4 billion funds under management, the majority ...

IFSA welcomes ASX corporate governance guidelines

... Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today welcomed the launch of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) corporate governance guidelines. Richard Gilbert, chief executive officer of IFSA, said that the guidelines are overwhelmingly consistent ...

Impact of war should be put in context: ICAP

... the equity bubble in Europe (and the weak Euro) and the asset price slump in Japan, that has compromised much of its corporate and banking sector, dominate the global scene. Economic growth will be constrained in the near future, ICAP said, but major ...

Super fund director gets four year ban

... ASIC believes caused the fund to suffer losses of more than $1 million. This is an important reminder that directors of corporate trustees of superannuation funds have duties of care under the Corporations Act and are subject to ASIC regulation in that ...

AMP gets $100,000 slap on the wrist from ASIC

AMP has agreed to fund a $100,000 corporate disclosure program in the wake of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into announcements the insurance and financial services giant made to the market between July 29 and ...

Afternoon market wrap: Corporate giants lead index higher

The giants of corporate Australia led the All Ordinaries index higher as investors looked for reassurance in familiar names against a turbulent geopolitical backdrop. News Corporation gained by over 4.2% to finish at $11.18, comfortably outperforming ...

IFSA lines up against Labor on voting and disclosure

... otherwise they can have harsh and unintended consequences-and in this case could 'fly in the face' of getting better corporate governance," Gilbert said. IFSA said that fund managers, largely on behalf of superannuation investors, are already active ...

Norwich appoints Griffiths as new chief executive

... honour to be appointed to this key role," said Griffiths. "I am committed to maintaining the strategic direction and corporate plan under which the company is operating. Despite the challenges the equities market has provided, I believe the reinvestment ...

Misery continues for superannuation funds: Mercer

... HSBC Asset Management Capital Stable fund was the worst performer in the same period, returning -2.5%. The Challenger Corporate Super was the best performer among the Balanced funds, Mercer said, returning -3.2% in the past three months, while the Sagitta ...