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A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
They just keep on coming. One after another, they're rolling in. Exactamondo Virginia! More upside surprises came out of Uncle Sam's country last night. Better days are getting happier. Happy days are getting better. Wall Street is happy and it knows ...

Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Genetic predisposition rather than lack of knowledge or financial education is the biggest hurdle confronting super fund trustees, wealth managers and financial advisers trying to help fund members and investors make better investment decisions, reveals ...

Austerity's political pay-off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Deleveraging in US and Europe is going to be painful and will require courageous actions from politicians that run against the grain, according to head of global investment solutions at UBS. Deleveraging will mean years of slowed growth coupled with ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Celebrity investor Warren Buffett has reminded investors that they and their clients only make money if they buy assets that go up in value and avoid assets that don't. Writing an opinion piece for CNN Money magazine, Buffett, regarded as a leader among ...

Social media and the power of diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The potential impact of social media on business and the myth of 'having it all' was up for discussion at yesterday's Women in Super event with guest presenter, social media mogul and media personality, Mia Freedman. Speaking of the power of social ...

Prime Super to provide mezzanine finance facility

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Prime Super has expanded its asset portfolio after acquiring a $25.5 million mezzanine finance facility in a deal negotiated by Access Capital Advisers. "Prime Super is pleased to have the opportunity to provide this mezzanine finance facility," said ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Quiet please, EU meeting in progress. Yes Virginia, they're still at it. Two years on and Europe's back at the negotiating table trying to dig their way out of the hole first dug by Greece in October 2009. One begins to wonder how they were able consummate ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It was so predictably predictable. What is? The Greek-IMF-EU-ECB and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Oh no! This couldn't happen. Not now, not when the "Finance Minister of the Year" sits in Canberra. The A-dollar has fallen below parity with the US dollar. Australian deputy prime minister and federal treasurer Wayne Swan had been awarded the top gong ...