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Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... would also serve a huge political function is helping the government take the initiative to meet its huge infrastructure goals while also not over-stimulating an already overheating economy. According to the ABS inflation is now in excess of 4 per cent ...

Five core banking systems overhauled at CBA

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... also talked of "real-time, straight through processing", though neither provided much detail on this goal. Harte said other goals will include shorter time to market and more flexible product design. Harte did not quantify the savings the bank would ...

Coordinated policy will boost population and capacity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... environment in which children can be nurtured and supported financially and emotionally," the report said. To achieve these goals, "governments need to use a combination of approaches that is based on the recognition that the relatively low fertility ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... year for the superannuation industry, as the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) forges onward with new goals and agenda for 2008. Speaking at the peak body's New South Wales luncheon yesterday, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA ...

Macq appoints ex-Platypus fundie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... savvy Australians, some of which are already working in partnership with our wealth managers to help realize their financial goals," Jane Watts, head of Wealth Management at Macquarie Private Wealth, said.

Transparency in advice is key: Tucker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... comfortable with the advice given it would shift the cultural perception that planners are product floggers. "We need to set clear goals and teach clients how to measure their progress and show them how they are achieving better control of their finances ...

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... increased advice and standardised investment options would be the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ASFA Conference on ...

Tobacco shares up in smoke

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... with the company or sector. "In the case of tobacco manufacture, we determined this would be in conflict to the long-term goals of a shareholder, and inconsistent with New Zealand commitments to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco ...

CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... said, "Investors in Australia and worldwide continue to search for new sources of higher investment returns to meet their goals, and fixed income portable alpha represents a growing opportunity to meet those goals for the benefit of investors." Franklin ...

AXA survey dispels retiree myth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... than $40,000 invested outside the family home. It found that many retirees want to invest more to achieve their retirement goals but market volatility and the fear of losing their money discourages them from doing so. Steve Burgess, general manager wealth ...