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Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... mandated to fully disclose their investment decisions and executive remuneration, should also start behaving the way public company boards work, where many decisions pass through a voting system and executive pay is fully disclosed on annual reports. ...

HK investors win big on game show

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Hong Kong's securities and futures market regulator is taking financial literacy to another level with a three-stage investments game show where contestants can win up to $7,000 in cash prizes. The first round of the Securities and Futures Commission ...

IMF funds Great Southern action

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
IMF (Australia) has agreed to fund a group action against Great Southern Plantations on behalf of investors who exchanged their woodlot interests for shares in Great Southern during the course of Project Transform. The funding will cover claims by investors ...

Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... also charged six others involved in the scheme, including senior executives at major companies IBM, Intel and McKinsey & Company. SEC filed its complaint in federal court in Manhattan, and said Rajaratnam tapped into his "network of friends and close ...

ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
ING Australia is outsourcing its financial product and fund research to two external providers in January as Financial Facts shuts its operations by the end of the year. According to a press statement from ING Australia, the firm recently conducted ...

HFA appoints non-exec director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
HFA Accelerator Plus (HAP), a listed hedge fund, has appointed former HSBC Investment Banking Group executive Bill O'Neill as independent non-executive director. O'Neill was nominated by Carrousel Capital, one of HAP's largest shareholders holding approximately ...

Macquarie hires insurance specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed Craig Boss as insurance specialist. Boss joins Macquarie Private Wealth from AG Private Advisory and brings risk and wealth management advisory services experience to the firm. Boss will provide insurance solutions ...

Commerzbank sells wealth management arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Another international bank is divesting its wealth management business to focus on its core business as Commerzbank sells its UK wealth management division, Kleinwort Benson, to RHJ International. RHJ International owns Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... to close at a one-year high on Thursday, as strong earnings from US investment bank JP Morgan encouraged investors that company profits are likely to improve. But the market fell back from earlier highs as some investors judged it a good price to sell ...

Trust completes business review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Trust Company has finalised a strategic review of their business, which has led to a renewed focus on developing the firm to be the leading trustee in the market. The strategic review, which was flagged in April this year and conducted by John Aitkin ...