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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market ended a lacklustre week with another restrained performance on a day in which boardroom differences at GPG erupted into the public domain. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 15.36 points, or 0.504 per cent ...

Powerwrap to ease corporate actions hassles

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... new, but a boutique outfit has come up with a faster and easier way for retail investors to have their say heard in the boardroom. Managed account services provider Powerwrap yesterday launched a new direct equities administration services for planners ...

Boardrooms lack female directors: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... graduates, only a fraction ever makes it to a CEO role. This week WOB ramps up its lobbying through a new index, called the Boardroom Diversity Index, which will track the ratio of men and women on the boards of listed companies, super funds and credit ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
The way super funds appoint their trustee boards and disclose boardroom decisions such as investment strategy and pay are starting to look out-of-date and out-of-touch as more super funds become open to the public, said a superannuation expert. Liz ...

Eslake leaves ANZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Saul Eslake, chief economist at ANZ, has left the bank with Warren Hogan taking on the role until a permanent replacement is found. Eslake was chief economist at the bank for 14 years and built a solid reputation for his analysis and insight, said Mike ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... she said. "Voting out directors will get a lot of column inches in the press but it won't change the behaviours in the boardroom. But how do you do that? When do you know? That's a big call." Ralph also predicts this push from super or pension funds ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Most Australians by now would be suffering from Budget diarrhea. For there is no escape...everywhere you turn, it's Budget 2009 - the second for the Rudd Government and the first in contemporary Australian history of a tough one. Those were the days. ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Yesterday's civil proceedings against seven former non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie is a "landmark decision" in Australian corporate governance, said ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

See-through IMAs buffer market sting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... think the visibility of IMAs help people to deal with that." "We've been consistently communicating with them through boardroom radio every month, and most of our clients are sophisticated clients who know the market. We're currently trying to position ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... encourage those corporations to change their investment outlook if needed. "Advocating, agitating and persuading in the boardroom and at the AGM have been shown to have a good chance of effecting real and lasting change," Stanhope said. Stanhope said ...