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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... both for January, will be released. Meanwhile, the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute's inflation gauge both for January, are also due out. In equities news, JB Hi-Fi and Argo Investments are expected to post ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... eurozone. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index jumped 1.40 per cent to a new record close of 10,798.33 points, aided by the Ifo institute's closely watched business climate index, which rose to 106.7 in January from 105.5 points in December - the third monthly rise ...

CFA names new president and chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing director and global head of institutional partnerships, Paul Smith, has been named as the organisation's new president and chief executive. The appointment, effective immediately, comes after an extensive global ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... contributions, which are currently compulsory. "All workers should be entitled to superannuation payments," the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Any move to raise the exemption threshold would unfairly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter production report and in economic news, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In Australia, the market on Tuesday finished flat as weaker oil and base metal prices ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has teamed up with Mercer to develop a "super tracker" designed to evaluate the Australian superannuation system and measure policy changes. In a joint statement the two companies said the new ...

Energy Super unveils new chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... of leading Australian companies, including Stanwell Corporation and CS Energy.A He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Williamson has held senior executive roles in the electricity, IT, telecommunications and airlines industries ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... for 2015. MySuper and fees Over 2014, superannuation fees became a hot topic, with a provocative paper by the Grattan Institute arguing that Australian funds were among the most expensive in the world. In response, the industry argued that Australian ...

Beddoes creates 10 Minute Business Planner

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Beddoes Institute (Beddoes) has created a free interactive tool called The 10 Minute Business Planner, which will help explain the one key driver of success - a disciplined approach to business planning. Director of Beddoes Dr. Adam Tucker said ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Cheap oil is good. Us, blokes and sheilas, will have more to spend on something else rather than the bowser. Australian Institute of Petroleum (NIP) data show that "National Metropolitan Retail Petrol Prices" dropping from A$1.58 a litre at the end of ...