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GFP snaps up Timbercorp assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
An international forestry investment fund advised by Global Forest Partners (GFP) has signed a contract to buy Timbercorp's forestry assets - outbidding other buyers including First Super-backed consortium, TC Growers. According to a press statement ...

Aus Ethical overhauls website and PDS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has revamped its product disclosure statement (PDS) and website to cut paper use while still providing adequate information to investors. The new managed funds guide and website includes the fund manager's new branding ...

Fundies struggle to manage costs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... would be a key driver in cost cutting. Walter cost ratios are becoming a popular way to determine the profitability of a company. "Cost ratios have become fundamental in distinguishing winners from losers across the full range of asset managers, driving ...

HSBC unveils EM equity fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
HSBC Global Investments has launched the HSBC Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The fund gives local investors exposure to some of the world's fastest growing economies in Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Latin America. ...

Aussies follow Brits pushing advice aside

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Australians could be following the British path of brushing financial planning aside even though many people needed guidance in improving their financial situations, according to Guardian Financial Planning. Guardian executive manager Steve Browning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... building approvals data for August will be released. In Adelaide, the 38th Australian Conference of Economists continues. In company news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ralph Norris addresses the Trans-Tasman Business Circle. Fantastic ...

Shareholders remove van Eyk Three Pillars board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... proposal is approved) will undertake a strategic review of the business - including the possibility of winding up the company.

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The average cash pay of a S&P/ASX 100 company's chief executive held steady in 2008 - a sign CEO salaries, including those of financial services firms, came out relatively unscathed from the GFC. As the global financial crisis began in 2008 the average ...

Lateral Thinking selects Powerwrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... business relationship with Powerwrap. "Although we've had our own license for more than 19 years, we're a relatively young... company that focuses on strategic advice rather than just offering investment products," he said. "One of the key factors in ...

Westpac's Chronican joins ANZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Westpac Institutional Bank group executive Philip Chronican has jumped ship to ANZ - taking up the post of chief executive Australia in November. Chronican will report to ANZ chief executive, Mike Smith. Chronican, who will be based in Melbourne, will ...