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Accounting bodies launch SMSF learning tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
CPA Australia has teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the National Institute of Accountants to develop a free online training tool for SMSF trustees. The tool, Self Managed Superannuation Fund Trustee Education Program ...

PGI appoints CEO for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Principal Global Investors has appointed former Fitch Ratings chief, Andrea Muller, as managing director for Asia-ex Japan and chief executive of PGI East Asia. Effective March 30, 2010, she will be responsible for activities in the region including ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... odds with our strong ethical culture. In accordance with our policies, we will terminate their employment." All good. No company would ever hold onto a cheating employee. But the real reason? Read Rio Tinto's CEO Tom Albanese's lips: The incident will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... at 0910 AEDT. In companies news, CSR Ltd's appeal against a Federal Court decision to block the proposed split of the company's sugar and renewable energy business from the group's building products and aluminium operations continues. Nufarm Ltd is to ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... chief executive of Hartford Life in 2008-09. Before that, he was the chief executive of ING New Zealand. He joins the company three months after Tassin Barnard, the previous chief executive, left to pursue other interests, including being the owner of ...

SSgA appoints equities head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
State Street Global has appointed Marc Reinganum as head of its active developed market equities team. Based in Boston, Reinganum is responsible for all aspects of active management within the global developed market equity portfolios, and reports to ...

Macquarie launches lifetime income product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Macquarie has joined the growing number of product providers offering longevity products with the launch of the Macquarie Lifetime Income Guarantee Policy. Macquarie Funds Group launched the product which gives investors a guaranteed minimum level of ...

Director charged in Westpoint case

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... enter the bond for three years. He pleaded guilty on 22 March in the Southport District Court to aiding and abetting his company, Lancer Group, in carrying on a financial services business without holding an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. ...

NZ Super buys Shell assets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... service stations under the Shell brand as part of the agreement. Mark Williams, downstream director at Shell, said the company sold the New Zealand business to simplify its global portfolio and concentrate on larger, integrated assets in growth markets. ...

Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... following an investment meeting in December. The SWF gave $250 million to Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management Company as part of the fund's strategy to invest in mezzanine level debt. Mezzanine debt provides financing for private companies ...