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Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,250. After rising for four months, the Conference Board index of US consumer confidence fell to 86.0 from 93.4 in August due to mounting concerns about the jobs market. ...

Ridout made honorary Doctor of Business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... affiliation with the Faculty stretches back many years, including recent involvement in its annual Women, Management and Work Conference. Macquarie vice-chancellor Professor S. Bruce Dowton said: "In recognising Ms Ridout with this award, we hope that ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... progress in addressing the problem of institutions that are "too big to fail"," Hockey said at the end of the two-day conference in Cairns. "In a major step forward, the FSB will release a proposal for additional buffers for global banks to draw on in ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... thinks that the economy "has been growing above its potential growth rate". Yup, Kuroda san said this at his press conference on 4 September when the BOJ kept monetary policy unchanged as expected. Sure, sure... if Japan's potential growth rate is a ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... - it still talks of "significant underutilization of labor resources" which Chair Janet expounded on in her presse conference: "The labor market has yet to fully recover... There are still too many people who want jobs but can't find them." Not surprisingly ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Fox said. The winners of the three awards will be announced on Tuesday, 14 October 2014 at the AFA national adviser conference in Cairns.

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... sale of assets such as the New South Wales poles and wires and Victoria's Port of Melbourne. A recent infrastructure conference in Sydney organised by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) attracted enthusiastic investors from around ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... responsible investment Anne-Maree O'Connor. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference in Alice Springs, O'Connor said activism over environmental and social issues was becoming an increasing concern. ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... superannuation professionals in Alice Springs. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference in the Northern Territory, the US economist said governments should also buy gold, build infrastructure such as ...

Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Journalist and media personality Ray Martin will be opening this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals' Congress in Adelaide. Martin will host the inaugural discussion along with former supermodel and writer Tara Moss, Punchbowl ...