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GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Glen Townsing has been appointed to the board of WA public sector super fund GESB as a member director. He replaces Derek Spray who recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... Murdoch is preparing to distance himself - or even sell - his newspaper group following news that he has resigned from the board of several New Corp subsidiaries. Shares in the resources giants also fell, with Rio Tinto two per cent lower at $52.28 and ...

ClearView rejects PE bid

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
The board of ClearView Wealth Limited has rejected an "Unsolicited" takeover bid by private equity manager Crescent Capital Partners. In a statement to the ASX this morning, the ClearView Board said it had considered the conditional unsolicited offer ...

Plan B board accepts IOOF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The board of Perth-based Plan B Holdings Limited has recommended a $49.1 million takeover offer made by IOOF. IOOF had proposed to acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares in Plan B, in an off-market takeover that would see it add $2.2bn in funds ...

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth builds advice profile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has signed John McMurdo in the role of group managing director and added Chris Cuffe to its board of directors. McMurdo, who was formerly chief executive officer of Centric Wealth and managing director of Hillross Financial ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... the arts has extended to acting at various times as chairman for the Australian Council of the Arts, president of the board of trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, chair of the National Institute of Dramatic Art and chair of Film Australia. His board ...

Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... "Austock shareholders will have cash certainty for their shares now, rather than wait with uncertainty to see what the board of Austock will do with the company now that the broking business has been sold." Austock sold its struggling securities business ...

New CEO for Energy Industries Super

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The Board of NSW based Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has appointed Alex Hutchison as new chief executive officer. Hutchison has a background in law and over 20 years experience in the financial services industry. He has held a number of senior ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... he was instrumental in the AFA's policy work and appeared before a number of government enquiries. "He served on the Board of the AFA Foundation and led us through some very tough times and out the other side. His loss is keenly felt by the entire AFA ...

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... Investment LLC, a large shareholder in Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund, has publicly criticised the fund's board of directors, claiming they are failing to act in shareholders' best interests. Western Investment (Western) is the largest ...