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MLIM plugs holes left by recent departures

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has announced the appointment of two senior former Goldman Sachs JB Were (GSJBW) analysts to its Australian equities team. Just two weeks after three key staff - David Pace, Matthew Ryland and Marc Hester - walked ...

APRA charges plastering super director and accountant

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has brought charges against a director and accountant of a superannuation fund after they allegedly contravened the sole purpose test and created false records to deceive APRA. Wayne Ridings, former ...

30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
Despite super fund consolidation and apparent increasing market competition, Australian superannuation leaders have yet to confront why the number of super fund accounts is still climbing by more than one million each year. According to the just released ...

1 in 4 Australians have more than one super fund: ICAA

A recent survey has found that 27 per cent of Australian adults hold multiple super funds. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) surveyed 1,200 Australians last month seeking to discover the real impact of the super choice legislation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as base and precious metals trod water overnight, although weakness in US stocks following the decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates is expected to flow through to the local market. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower, following a negative lead from Wall Street and European markets overnight. However strong base metal prices, coupled by a lift in the gold and crude oil prices, should provide some support for local ...

CSA rejects compulsory governance reporting

Chartered Securities Australia (CSA) has rejected the proposed government move to standardise corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and/or to make it compulsory, because both solutions would merely reduce CSR to a box-ticking exercise. In ...

Senior Legg Mason staff exit after bonuses dealt out

Legg Mason Asset Management, formerly Citigroup, has had their head of Australian equities and the second in charge leave the group after bonuses and shares were recently vested. Former head of Australian equities, Michael Wood, and Wood's second in ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

A recent survey has found that the number of investors reading annual reports is on the decline, suggesting company shareholders are either getting their information elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street. US markets fell overnight when the bourse reopened after the Martin Luther King public holiday as the earnings season cranked up a notch and oil prices rose. ...