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PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... Trichet. New America chief executive and president, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and former chief investment officer of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), Ng Kok Song, are also part of the board. The board will meet several times a year ...

NZ Super posts 14% returns for FY2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... which are its own passive reference portfolio and the Treasury bill, which measures the cost to the New Zealand Government of contributing capital to the fund instead of paying down debt. The Guardians of NZ Super have recently re-committed to keep the ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Labor remained committed to establishing a Council of Superannuation Custodians - a body which would advise the government of the day every five years on future changes to the system and be linked with the intergenerational report.

India multi asset fund to list on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) and managed funds by Kotak Mahindra. Income is achieved via exposure to Government of India sovereign bonds and corporate bonds. The fund will be managed from Singapore by Kotak Mahindra UK, which is part of Kotak ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... based on unreal behavioural assumptions. Whatever the position may be, if there is to be a debate about the cost to government of superannuation concessions, we need to know the true cost and how it is arrived at." Turning to the $560 billion self-managed ...

State Street appoints APAC head to global committee

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... financial officer for eight years. Previously he held senior-level positions in the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Lehman Brothers and DBS.

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... said."... there are problems at home too. "...they also said that current policies pursued by the grand coalition government of chancellor Angela Merkel had a "negative impact" on growth". "As the government was relying "more on re-distribution and less ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Insurance provided to people through their superannuation reduces the annual cost to government of social security by about $403 million, according to new research commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). These savings ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The superannuation system was designed to facilitate the payment of retirement income, but has been sidetracked by a disproportionate emphasis on wealth accumulation according to a key government official. Speaking at this morning's annual policy conference ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... business. In the resources sector, Rio Tinto was 55 cents higher at $61.50 after striking a deal with the African government of Guinea to push ahead with plans to develop a $US20 billion iron ore project. BHP Billiton added 12 cents to $38.03 and Fortescue ...