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CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open to decent gains, with rises on Wall Street overshadowing weaker base metal prices. At 0756 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 49 points to 6671. In economic news ...

'Tis the season to invest

While many Australians will be thinking about their Christmas shopping list, a survey has found one in ten will spend the holiday break thinking about their investments. Mortgage broker X Inc Finance has surveyed nearly 300 people last month to find ...

Charter Hall closes retail fund oversubscribed

More than 40 financial planning groups have signed up to the first retail offering of Charter Hall Group, a listed property funds and development company that started life managing wholesale capital only. The group's Umbrella fund raised a total of ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

Financial messaging specialist SWIFT pushes corporate governance up a notch through an automated messaging system that creates a transparent 'audit trail' of proxy votes cast by fund managers and pension funds. The new system, called SWIFTNet Proxy ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...

First State Super boosts insurance by two-thirds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
First State Super has lifted its insurance offering, with levels of cover jumping by as much as two-thirds in some risk categories. The changes will particularly benefit members aged over 40, who make up a significant proportion of the membership. Michael ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market remained in the red at noon, dragged down by a poor lead from the US overnight and lower base metal prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 21.4 points lower to 6512.1, while the All Ordinaries had shed 27 ...

Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
While the sub-prime fiasco showcases how banks are still the crown jewel of the financial system, the expanding role of non-bank financiers is unstoppable and market regulators will eventually have to figure out a way to deal with this new reality. ...

HESTA appoints five

HESTA Super has appointed five new staff members in three states, taking up total trustee office staff numbers to 60. Richard Fuller will be based in Melbourne as the new investments analyst (PRI) to manage HESTA's PRI undertakings and environmental ...