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BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Banking and Finance Oath (BFO) announced today that CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Pauline Vamos and CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in Australia Philip Chronican will be joining its board. Vamos ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... me the market tacitly endorses the offer we are making and the responses we have received from various parties with an interest in the offer also confirm this." Killen said that both companies are estimated to generate up to $8 million in cost synergies ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... savings above that would attract a 9.9% charge. Not only this, Cypriots would also have to pay a withholding tax on the interest they earn on their bank deposits. These, along with government asset sales and higher corporate taxes are expected to reduce ...

Healthcare property outperforms residential

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... Healthcare and Retirement Property Chris Smith said. "The current move from cash to equities, brought about by falling interest rates, shouldn't bypass other asset classes that provide growth and income," he said. Smith said the outlook for occupancy ...

IFM raises airport holdings

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The Industry Funds Management (IFM) Australian Infrastructure Fund has acquired additional equity stakes in Airport Development Group (NT Airports) and the Australia Pacific Airport Corporation (APAC), the fund announced today. This move increases IFM's ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... finally arrived? That the lagging indicator that is employment is finally catching up with the stimulative lead of lower interest rates implemented by the Reserve Bank of Australia about a year or so before? If you bother to read the nuances of RBA chief ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... scheduled for release. The market on Thursday closed lower as better than expected jobs data dented the chance of more interest rate cuts. The S&P/ASX200 index lost 60.2 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 5,032.2 and the All Ordinaries dropped 60.6 points ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... stewardship award for an investment manager while industry fund Cbus received the award for a superannuation fund. Global fixed interest manager Omega Global Investors received the award for funds management innovation. The ACFS judging panel is chaired ...

Women in Super raises $14.8m for cancer research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... also behind other major initiatives to connect key influencers in the superannuation industry with projects of public interest, including gender diversity and equality.