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All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Elana Rubin retires from AustralianSuper board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... including Investment; Member and Employer Services; Audit, Compliance and Risk Management; Nomination and Remuneration; and Budget Review. "I am delighted that Heather will succeed me as chair and I know she will do a great job in ensuring the continued ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
The debate on super tax concessions continues as Budget day looms, with superannuation peak body ASFA coming to its defense - but with action group GetUp! joining the fray with an opposing view. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)'s ...

Extension looks likely for adviser tax advice changes

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... tabled in parliament. "I'm not going to predict the political process, but with only four sitting weeks, including the budget, before the end of June, I don't see how it can be done before 1 July," he said. Dante De Gori, Financial Planning Association ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... spending cuts...due to begin tomorrow". (Bloomberg, 28 February). And if you thought the IMF's cut unkind, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was meaner. At the end of Feb, Bloomberg wrote this, "Federal spending reductions due to start in March could ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... clients search for quality management, adherence to investment style and principles with lower volatility and a lower fee budget. Alan has built a small, focused investment team of six specialists with expertise in researching and managing global equities ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... encouraging firms to increase investment in plants and equipment and staff. This leads to higher government revenues - helps budget balances and whittling down debt - and stronger economic growth. Stronger growth in the United States spills over to its ...

Lost super deadline closes in

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... equivalent to the Consumer Price Index. The lost super initiative, part of a policy change that critics say is merely a budget measure to boost government coffers, is however accompanied by enhancement of the ATO SuperSeeker website. Lendon said, "People ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... IMF predicts will shave half a percent to its forecast 2.0% growth for the US this year. The one that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates would reduce employment by three quarters of a million jobs. It was so frightening that Wall Street ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... main stock markets mostly fell as investors fretted over Italy's post-election deadlock, poor economic data, looming US budget cutbacks and a raft of company results. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies bucking the trend to add 0.28 per cent ...