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Slow death of annual reports: CSA

A recent survey has found that the number of investors reading annual reports is on the decline, suggesting company shareholders are either getting their information elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia ...

MTAA Super invests in biotech JV

The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Bio Innovation SA, a world class research and development entity and facility. The new $35 million joint venture will ...

IFSA CEO pushes for IFRS changes

IFSA CEO, Richard Gilbert, has played an important role in paving the way for potential changes to the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), reported in the Financial Standard yesterday. The Financial Standard reported on plans to ...

Perpetual appoints former ANZ MD to board

Perpetual Limited (Perpetual) has appointed a former ANZ Group (ANZ) managing director to their board to replace three directors who announced their retirement at the company's AGM in October last year. Elizabeth Proust, former managing director of ...

FSR changes usher era of less but better compliance

It took a long time but the proposed changes to the Financial Services Regulation (FSR), which promised to reduce the compliance burden on the industry while also being more consumer-friendly, were finally passed on as law this week. In a 10-page statement ...

IFSA get set to push product rationalisation

Product rationalisation is high on the agenda for IFSA next year, with estimates that if the reforms it suggests are successful it will save the industry between $120 million and $350 million a year in compliance costs. IFSA's December 2005 report outlines ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth ...

Shareholder reforms save time and money: ASA

Drawn-out and costly shareholder meetings will soon be a thing of the past following the government announcement of legislative reforms designed to remove unwanted and out-of-date shareholder-related activities. The highlight of the statement released ...

Former ASFA chair back in the spotlight

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced a new chair at their annual conference last week. Rosemary Vilgan will replace outgoing chair Lorraine Berends, who is the principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates. Vilgan is the ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC) has started reviewing fund managers regarding how actively they exercise 'active ownership' principles such as exercising proxy voting and participating in constructive shareholder engagement. Mercer IC has taken ...