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The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... the same time warning of a 20% probability of a recession. There's former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Bernie Fraser warning that the "good times have passed" for the Australian economy and "it is going to become tougher". There's Secretary ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... But something positive could still result from all these Australian worry. It might cure what former RBA Governor Bernie Fraser call "the stupidity of government." A term he used in reference the government's insistence on a surplus at the same time ...

AusSuper to double Asian exposure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Yu, former chairman of Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific. The committee will be chaired by former Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser. Delaney said AustralianSuper would up its exposure to Asian markets to $7bn by 2016, and that the decision to form the committee ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... the economy could afford that largesse anyway. Done! See you at the pub, Governor Glen. Ahh... but that was before Bernie Fraser stepped into the fray and called for a 50 basis point cut in the official cash rate instead. Never mind the Australian Chamber ...

Former minister joins Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... the Hawke and Keating governments, John Dawkins AO will join the Cbus Board as an independent director, replacing Bernie Fraser. Dawkins served under Bob Hawke, first as Minister for Finance followed by the portfolio of Trade. As Minister for Employment ...

Finsia award nominees announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... category, with the most outstanding industry contribution including Terry Campbell AO, David Clarke, Tony D' Aloisio, Bernie Fraser, Gail Kelly, David Gonski AC, David Liddy, Wayne Lonergan, David Morgan AO, David Murray AO, Maurice Newman AM and Trevor ...

AustralianSuper names Fraser's replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
AustralianSuper has appointed Tim Poole to replace recently-retired Bernie Fraser as chair of the super funds investment committee. Poole has been a member of the super fund juggernaut's investment committee since 2007 and will drive AustralianSuper's ...

Bernie Fraser moves on from Cbus and AustralianSuper

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Former Reserve Bank of Australia chairman Bernie Fraser has announced his retirement from the boards of industry superannuation fund giants Cbus and Australian Super. Fraser is leaving on June 30, but remains as chairman on the board of industry fund-owned ...

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... global bonds held 29.3 per cent allocation as compared to 15.2 per cent in Australian shares. In October last year, Bernie Fraser, independent director and AustralianSuper investment committee chair said the fund was considering reducing its 6 per cent ...

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... already developed a draft fact sheet template. The third is the proposal for portable bank account numbers. Again, if Bernie Fraser's Taskforce can build his argument about how this would work in practice and then he manages to pull it off, creating ...