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Aussie businesses still risky: Deloitte

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... also increased their focus on risk management and lifted responsibility to board-level, Franks said, with 70 per cent of boards overseeing risk management, up from 59 per cent in 2004 and 57 per cent in 2002. The number of institutions with a chief risk ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... concerns. The pressure is driving increased awareness of risk management, though, with 94 per cent of respondents saying their boards are either actively engaged in risk assessment or reviewing risk management policies and systems. One third of surveyed ...

AIST chair and deputy announced

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... Scheme (NSW). Angela Emslie, an employer representative for the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the boards of Vision Super, HESTA, VicSuper and Care, was appointed deputy chair.

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... second and third-largest providers of financial data respectively, are set to tie the knot in a match made in heaven. The boards of Reuters and Thomson have confirmed they are negotiating a union that will create the world's largest financial data provider. ...

Institutions more comfortable with hedge funds: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... last year, the study, in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return Congress (Global ARC), showed more than half of boards also spent 15 percent or more of their time on the subject. "The findings of our study reinforce the industry trend we've ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry is whether non-union members are adequately represented on trustee boards. The success of industry funds also illustrates how the industry advertising campaigns are resonating with consumers particularly ...

Tyndall slams performance of corp boards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Tyndall's head of equities has sent a blunt message to the boards of listed companies - they are not doing enough to fully appreciate the value of their companies and are letting down shareholders in the process. Bob Van Munster, Tyndall's head of equities ...

Share option pay deals for US directors reducing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
... stock awards. The 2007 Board Practices Board Pay Study, a report that examines the board structure and compensation of boards of directors at S&P1500 companies based on 2006 disclosures, revealed 54 per cent of companies reported granting stock options ...

Former Treasury head to be Westpac chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... In the interim Evans has been appointed deputy chairman to assist with a smooth transition. Evans has also served on the boards of the International Monetary Fund and the Reserve Bank of Australia. He is currently the chairman of the risk management ...

JF Capital appoints former VFMC chair

... driving force behind the appointment was Bob's resignation from VFMC, so there was no longer a conflict of having him on both boards," he said. Fitzsimmons added, "In his role with UniSuper there was a potential conflict of interest, so he had to resign ...