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2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Well this is it folks, my last piece for the Year 2011 - the year most of us would like to forget. And for my finale, I'd like to take you back to the beginning. At the start of 2011, I wrote: "If you think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications ...

Round two of Stronger Super revealed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Superannuation industry bodies have until January 13 to make submissions on the second tranche of the government's Stronger Super legislation, unveiled late yesterday. The latest exposure draft follows the introduction of the first part of the Superannuation ...

Bendigo and Adelaide team up with Australia's first RI platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Australia's first Responsible Investment platform, The Emerald Wrap, which launches in March 2012 is partnering with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as the wrap's default cash account provider. The Emerald Investment, Super and Pension Wrap will offer a wide ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Oh yes Virginia, happy days have come back. Wall Street's up, Europe's up, Asia and Australia are up and up. Scan through the headlines and you get the impression that though all remains ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...

Social media and the power of diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The potential impact of social media on business and the myth of 'having it all' was up for discussion at yesterday's Women in Super event with guest presenter, social media mogul and media personality, Mia Freedman. Speaking of the power of social ...

ASIC cancels South Australian financial services licence

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
ASIC has cancelled the financial service license of Adelaide based firm Mark Power Financial Ltd, along with the license of its responsible manager Mark Raymund Power. The move follows concerns Mark Power Financial (MPF) didn't comply with ASIC's obligations ...

Adviser hiring blitz at Macquarie Private Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
Macquarie Private Wealth has added 19 new advisers across six of its state offices in the past six months as the group builds out its national team. Six advisers have joined the Brisbane team each with different area of focus for the group including ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Germany and France has called Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's all-in "referendum" gambit. Monsieur Sarkozy and Fraulein Merkel suspended the disbursement of the a,-8 billion rescue tranche until Greece makes up its mind to stay in the Eurozone ...