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Patterson steps down as Perennial CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... 2003, most recently in the role of chief operating officer. Perennial is the funds manager of listed financial services company IOOF, One of Australia's largest financial services companies It provides financial advice, platform management and administration ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... give the social network. "The $38 share price highlights the fact it seems quite an expensive valuation considering the company is going to be valued at $100bn plus and current profitability is $1b," said Alex Barbi, fund manager for Platinum Asset Management's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... was $US1,574.77 per fine ounce, up $US26.64 from Thursday's local close of $US1,548.13 per ounce. Australia's biggest company BHP was 2.1 per cent lower at $32.10, while Rio was down 3.5 per cent at $56.18. Fortescue metals lost 6.5 per cent to $4.69. ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... accumulation and defined benefit accounts, IBM Super will fall under the AustralianSuper Corporate Super umbrella. The company reviewed five potential transferee funds and shortlisted two, according to an IBM trustee letter to members from May 2. "Since ...

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... officer for investments, general manager and the traditional title of "fund secretary" which is today akin to the role of company secretary." The role of COO is to be recognised on May 31 at the inaugural Awards for CIO and COO of the Year, at a function ...

Super funds urged to disclose director and exec pay

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... in 'best practice' governance is a natural progression. "As so many directors in the retail sector are paid by a parent company to sit on its commercial superannuation fund board, it is essential to good governance that these relationships and the remuneration ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... falls appears to now be regrouping and climbing up from its 17% share of global private equity, according to a McKinsey & Company private equity in the Asia-Pacific report. In the pre-GFC boom times of 2007 Asia's share of the global private equity market ...

Zurich expands Life and Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... officer of Zurich's Australian Life and Investments business. "He is a valuable resource who is well respected in the company and in the industry and we are pleased that he has returned to Zurich." Following an international role in Hong Kong as the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... for March on Monday. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is due to deliver a speech in Melbourne. In company news, DuluxGroup and Incitec Pivot will release first half financial results. NEW YORK - JPMorgan's stunning $US2 billion ($A1.99 ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... the bears? Or are the bulls? Or are the in-betweeners? Speaking of putting money in mouths, I came across the Investment Company Institute's website. Among other services, it tracks the funds flow into major asset markets around the world. Now let's ...