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Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... to remuneration committees: 'Make sure you understand the mood of the market; tell us in simple terms what you propose; and let shareholders decide'." The ABC reports that UK Business Minister Vince Cable is due to introduce proposals on the matter later ...

Qantas Super taps MLC for insurance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... the insurance arrangements for our members," Ward added. MLC said they have directly concacted 30,000 Qantas employees to let them know about the new offer. The bank's general manager of Group Insurance Megan Beer also spoke of the need for super fund ...

Accountant charged with 37 offences

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
Victorian accountant and LGH Holdings director, Mark Ronald Letten, is facing 37 charges including 21 counts of operating unregistered managed investment schemes and deception charges involving $1.4 million. Appearing before the Melbourne Magistrates' ...

UniSuper responds to criticism

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
UniSuper, one of Australia's largest super funds, came under attack last night, confirming that in the post-GFC volatile investment landscape no fund is immune from criticism. ABC's 7.30 news program last night ran a report on the $27 billion university ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... our view that risks to the cohesion of the euro area continue to rise." Standard & Poor's Chief Economist Jean-Michel Six: "Let's not raise expectations too high, there will be more summits... (hey, I said this yesterday) Time is running out and action ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

FOFA implementation time vital: ASFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... in parliament on November 3. "The mooted exposure draft of the next tranche of MySuper legislation is yet to be released, let alone the bill introduced into Parliament," said Vamos. "These delays to the enactment of the FOFA and MySuper legislation...significantly ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... not a game changer. For moi, it definitely is - for it impresses upon one and all the central banks' determination not to let one and all go down the gurgler. A Merry Christmas to you too Fed, ECB, BOJ, BOE, BOC and SNB. And you, PBOC. =========================================== ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... corresponds to GDP growth in the order of between 8% and 9% from 9.2% this year and 10.4% in 2010. And for this, Australians all let us rejoice. ================================================ Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's Chief Economist and daily ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... 2009. But stand back and you'll find that we'll all be lonely if we believe that China's politburo would just sit back and let what led their economy to be the No. 2 in the world flush down the drain. In fact, they've already reacted. The People's Bank ...