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APRA not interested in exec pay levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... become concerned that executive remuneration arrangements have contributed to risk-taking, thus helping to undermine the quality of corporate decisions and strategy. The result has been a perception of conflict of interest between management and beneficiaries ...

Disclosing conflicts not enough: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... supervised or terminated. Where conflicts exist, the draft Guide said, "processes [are required] to demonstrate that the quality of service and fees charged are no less favourable to the beneficiaries than would be the case is the services were provided ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... Customer service and retention came in at 16 per cent, and access to skills and technology at 15 per cent. Meanwhile the quality of telecommunications infrastructure, accent and language skills of local employees were the driving forces of companies ...

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... obviously concerned mainly with whether AIG Inc.'s issues would adversely impact our ability to pay claims and the quality of our service," said Damien Green, general manager of insurance at AIG Life Australia. To manage this, Green said they had to ...

Computershare buys bankruptcy expert

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... administration sector. "Obviously, the counter-cyclical nature of the business is attractive, but the client base and the quality of KCC's management and processes are the things that really excite us," he said. As part of the deal, Computershare will ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... relation between governance indices and measures of corporate performance." The problem with these simple measures is the quality of corporate governance and how it is implemented and managed are too subtle to be adequately described by means of a numeric ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... $40 billion in cumulative perpetual preferred shares for new preferred shares with revised terms to help improve the quality of AIG's equities and financial leverage. Because AIG has a finger dipped in a multiple of other institutions scattered around ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... have to cross before they can invest in unlisted property. "Liquidity is limited, and that's an important figure. The quality of the underlying income stream, good quality tenants and gearing levels are all variables that advisers need to be aware of," ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Small-size planning groups keen to cut their licensing and admin costs without sacrificing their independence and quality of service are driving the demand for the 'shared services' model, said Paragem's managing director Ian Knox. Knox said some planning ...

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... to a statement, JANA Investment Advisers was chosen because the fund believes the consultant's expertise, depth and quality of research would result in strong investment returns for their members. This announcement means Telstra Super's asset consultant ...