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Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
Corporate boards and fund managers need to better understand how industry superannuation funds arrive at share voting decisions, according to former Labor minister for superannuation Nick Sherry. With this aim in mind, Citi, where Sherry is now senior ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following a mixed performance on international markets as investors await key US jobs figures. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,346. ...

Centrepoint Alliance CFO resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Centrepoint Alliance chief financial officer and company secretary Ian Magee has resigned from his post, effective November 1, 2013. General manager of Corporate Development and Projects Glenn Toohey will be taking over Magee's position. Toohey joined ...

ASIC acted only when claims hit "tsunami level"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
A former employee of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has condemned the fact that the regulator acted only when the volume of complaints "reached tsunami level." In a submission to the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street that took the S&P 500 to a new all-time high and gave the Nasdaq a 1.3 per cent gain. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
We now resume normal programming, now that the 2013 season of Washington's "when the shutdown meets the ceiling" theatre is over. Let's watch the China channel. The economy's going where PM Li likes it to be - GDP growth quickened to 7.8% in the third ...

Advisers dismiss Medicare-style advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has dismissed the idea of introducing a Medicare-style financial planning service, saying it would be too expensive. The idea was put to a panel of advisers and clients at the FPA Inaugural Professionals ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
With three months to go until employers will be allowed to send superannuation guarantee contributions only to super funds that have been authorised to offer MySuper products, there are only 78 funds MySuper authorised. According to figures from the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed higher for a second straight session on rising optimism about a Washington deal to avert a debt default. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Australian shares are half a per cent higher after the US Congress appeared ready to raise the debt ceiling. The big banks all gained but the big miners slipped after the US House of Representatives and Senate looked poised to confirm a budget deal ...