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GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... investment choice. Justifying the move that will occur in October this year, Cindy Brinkley, GM's vice president of global human resources, told the news service that the company intends building a 'fortress balance sheet'. To achieve this it needs to ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... equities with 42% of planners are concerned around the risk of the margin call. "That is interesting as we are now dealing with human psychology as opposed to hard data because this is saying that 42% of planners are concerned about the risk of a margin ...

van Eyk acquires Encore Group

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... has acquired financial services consulting firm the Encore Group. Encore provides business development, sales, marketing, human resources, back office and succession planning. Encore Group founding partner Graham Peatey said it was a challenging and ...

Centric Wealth taps Kearns for chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... wealth advisory and other industries. This combination of experience, plus his prior experience as Managing Director of a human capital firm, gives Phil a special skill set to further grow and develop Centric." The appointment of the new chief executive ...

AXA Gorilla to retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... and you get a chance to vacation there." The concept behind the campaign's strategic shift is that "after years of telling human beings that they need to plan for retirement, the gorilla is about to embark on its own golden years." "We thought the time ...

DHS to takeover early super release on compassionate grounds

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... shake-up of the early release of superannuation benefits on specified compassionate grounds. From next month, the Department of Human Services (DHS) will take over the administration of the payments from Medicare/DHS, who have carried out the process ...

Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... chief executive officer Steve Ballmer has a base pay of $650,000, and a bonus last year of the same amount. "For the head of human resources at one of our major companies to receive $5 million this year highlights the discrepancies in Australia. Boards ...

Strong culture drives T. Rowe Price

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... is today. He doesn't manage money on a day-to-day basis but carries the huge responsibility of managing T. Rowe Price's human capital, the people behind the group's consistent and top-quartile performance through the years. "If I had to rename my title ...

Westpac Group executive team changes

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... executive team with chief strategy officer, Jon Nicholson, moving to a part-time role. Peter Hanlon, currently group executive human resources & transformation, will have responsibility for accelerating the implementation of productivity programs. "Productivity ...

REST Acumen attracts Global Fortune 500 company

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... AkzoNobel is a Global Fortune 500 company and also specialises in chemical production across paper, food, and industrial and human and animal welfare products. REST Industry Super currently has 1.9 million members and has over $20 billion in funds under ...