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MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Superannuation reforms could leave individual trustees open to litigation, causing a group of representative bodies to write to the Federal Government to voice their concerns. In a joint submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street eventually found positive territory on Friday in a somewhat directionless session. At 0745 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 17 points at ...

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... growing much more than we expected. All good... then again, why is Mr. Market still wishing and hoping and praying for another Ben blast of the QE? Perhaps it's because of the flipside of the non-farm payrolls report - the unemployment rate rose to 8.3% ...

APA ups HDF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The APA group has raised its offer for the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund after it was granted due-diligence access to the fund's books earlier this week. This ups the ante on the battle for the infrastructure fund, which is also subject to takeover ...

Two global infra hires: AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
AMP Capital has made two senior appointments to its global infrastructure team. Manish Aggarwal has been appointed as investment and operations director, based in London. Aggarwal is responsible for activities spanning transaction execution, due diligence ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has defended its investments in subsidiaries based in known tax-havens during a senate inquiry yesterday. The fund's 2011 annual report shows that it has 14.4% of its assets in the Cayman Islands, plus significant investments in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian stock market has opened slightly higher after the New York stock exchange closed on a flat trading day. At 1020 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,311.8 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... looking at our Olympics medal tally - but definitely not with the way our economy is tracking. ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic insight, review and analysis through his subscriber-only Vantage Point monthly newsletter. Click ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a seesaw session overnight on Wall Street, which ended flat, uninspired by modestly promising US jobs and trade data. At 0745 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Institutional investors are increasingly demanding that Environmental, Social and Governance principles be considered in mandate design - and it needs to be from a macro-level, said Solaris Investment Management. "Several of Solaris' institutional clients ...