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Action plans for Indigenous super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... for Australia's super policies to be refined and cater for Indigenous Australians. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, Cooper said, given the average life expectancy for the Indigenous community is much lower than the rest of Australia ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Grexit and China's stock market crash fears have not been able to stop gold's deceleration. Or perhaps we've come full circle to circa late-1990s when central banks were unloading what they considered the non-appreciating, non-interest bearing asset. ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." -Dusty Springfield Yes Virginia, the more things change... Here we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline ...

Vale Phil Spathis

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Phil Spathis, the co-founder of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), has died following a lengthy illness. Spathis was a driving force behind the organisation, establishing it alongside the late Michael O'Sullivan. He was the first ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Economic Society of Australia lunch. In equities news, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith speaks at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch. In Australia, the market on Tuesday extended its losing streak, closing weaker for a sixth straight session. The benchmark ...

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... a lot lower," he said. Sunsuper chief investment officer, David Hartley, said internalisation had already gone the full circle at some funds. "As funds get bigger and bigger globally they generate scale benefits. The question for a CIO is how we harvest ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... businesses happier as their sales and profits increase, encouraging investment in equipment and structures and staff. A virtuous circle if you will. The RBA would have also seen the good building approvals update - a leading indicator of housing construction. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... beat expectations as well overnight boosting sentiment, so combine that with crude oil and iron ore back in the winners circle it was always going to be a positive day," Mr K'Nell said. Rio Tinto shares were up 89 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $55.55 after ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... easing policies, one after the other, this year - some even going for a double-dip. The thing is this creates a vicious circle of an even stronger US dollar that ultimately everyone loses. At this point in the cycle, the rest of the world cannot afford ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... back? A word, a rhetoric, a wink, wink, nudge, nudge from Janet (of longer patience) could reverse this - and take us full circle to even greater competitive currency devaluations and beggar-thy-neighbour policies. Everyone loses.