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MilitarySuper loses its chairman

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... resignation after a decade with the fund. Kiefel spent 10 years as the chairman of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees, stepping into the role when the fund managed less than $400 million in assets and leaving it with $2.6 billion. ...

RECP goes north

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... Jason Bennett, chairman of the Real Estate Institute Commercial Chapter and adviser on the Retail Tenancies Act Advisory Board (State Government) has also joined the team as fund manager for RECP's direct property investments. Saunders said the businesses' ...

Macq enters forex market

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... Plans, need to sell shares and repatriate proceeds in a foreign currency. Two Macquarie directors will join the OzForex board as a result of the deal - Peter Coleman and head of Macquarie Financial Services Group, Peter Maher. Division director, Neil ...

QSuper champions fin literacy

... segments. A major supporter of the Financial Literacy Foundation, which features money guru Paul Clitheroe on the advisory board, QSuper has taken the educational campaign a step further when it created the new role of Financial Literacy Manager in January ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... such as Advantest. The Nikkei added 109.52 points to close at 17,842.29. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rallied across the board, taking cues from Wall Street after a strong recovery on lower bond yields, with China plays climbing to a record high. The ...

Professionals must have an ethical code: CFA Institute

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... professional, said Emilio Gonzalez, chief investment officer at Perpetual Investments and incoming chair for the CFA Institute Board of Governors. "The focus of the CFA Institute on ethics and professional standards has always been relevant, but it's ...

Christian Super CEO to depart

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... Super's chairman, David Bartlett, said Beckmann had made a significant contribution towards the success of the fund. "The board acknowledges Paul's valuable contribution to the success of the fund, and we wish him well for the future." The public offer ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Public companies could emulate the perceived success of private equity if their boards were allowed to be more independent and they were empowered to manage companies more actively, including using more leverage. "Industry wide outcomes are mixed, but ...

Opposition mounts to Finsia education sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... believe that Finsia's position as a market leader in financial services education and the lack of clarity around what the board intends to do post the divestment are reasons to block the proposal. "The major ground that we are opposed to it on is that ...

BT Wrap technology in full throttle

... advanced in equity capabilities compared to the representative [financial planner] systems and what we're trying to bring on board is those same equity capabilities." This week the group announced that planners who use Xplan or COIN will save on double-entry ...