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Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio. A FOI search two ...

Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... going to transform how SMSF (and other investors) manage their investments is through internal social media networks that let investors compare their returns against peer groups they belong to. Sainsbury said that SuperIQ, despite its technological advantage ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The Productivity Commission has succumbed to Shorten's pressure and let all Australian workers down, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Productivity Commission's (PC) final report into default superannuation arrangements ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... inflation remains tame with both the headline and core (CPI less food and energy) running at a 2.0% annual rate in September. Let it pour, let it pour, let it pour. Ok, you asked for it. There's also good inflation news out of the UK - it's cooling. ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Australians all let's NOT rejoice. How can we when day in, day out - days in-between - we're reminded of the woeful state that the world is in and that... we'll be swimming with the fishes along with it? Woe R'Us. Look beyond the sea that girths our ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... and warnings show that it's one hell of a contrarian indicator for the S&P 500 index. But don't just take my word for it, let's see the evidence: On 25 October 2007, then IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato told his audience at the Valencian Business ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... program might not go on for as long. "Everyone's addicted to this QE morphine... to drive sentiment. Everyone's thinking: let's get that instant gratification from a direct injection into the liquidity system," he told AAP. "We don't really expect any ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... control only 14% of the market, showing how handling ETFs is a sophisticated service that only a few providers can master, let alone draw sustainable scale and profit from. Australian based strategies account for 47% of ETF business. But the popularity ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. In it the Australian central bank noted that "the current assessment of ...

Enduring baby boomers redefine retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Demographic and societal forces at work among retirees in Australia over the next decade will transform the concept of retirement, with huge implications for industries that service them such as super funds and financial advisers. These were the observations ...