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ACSI and CareSuper launch ESG award

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... young professionals and a passionate advocate for all investors to confront the great moral and investment challenges of our times and his influence and legacy extends far beyond Australia."

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Mulvaney, a Republican congressman from South Carolina who is another co-sponsor of the bill, said, "I have said many, many times that Members of Congress should be treated more like ordinary American workers when it comes to compensation...and very ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... corporate earnings or is causing them to be more selective about which stocks they buy". And, according to the Financial Times, the US could be about to hit back. "A strong dollar now hitting corporate profits and US exports and an accumulating number ...

ASIC report highlights insufficient penalties

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... comparative international jurisdictions." Many overseas non-criminal penalties, at a minimum, may be a multiple of three times the benefit. "Our view is that breaking the law in the financial sector is often a trade-off between fear and greed. Penalties ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... residential property market have risen in past decades due to the average price-to-income ratio in Australia now exceeding 9-times. Just a few decades ago it was as low as 3-times. But rather than younger FHB being locked out of the market, research ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... crystal ball says, I'm with Bill (Bill Gross) on this one - yes, him who wrote in his January investment outlook: "The good times are over" and that, by the end of 2015 "there will be minus signs in front of returns for many asset classes." The World ...

Surging group premiums push insurer inflows up 12.9 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... their premium inflows by an average 6.4%, overseas-owned TAL, AIA, MetLife and Zurich grew their premium inflows more than 7-times faster at 45% through the year. However, even within the Australian-owned grouping there are large variations as evidenced ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... typist's contrition, Mikey. But if not, then so sowee, I'm begging to disagree... vehemently. I've already stated my case many times over in this column on why cheap oil is good - it raises disposable income and cheapens production cost - and dear oil ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... indications are... some have worsened. So bad that the king of bonds, Bill Gross, wrote in January investment outlook: "The good times are over" and that, by the end of 2015 "there will be minus signs in front of returns for many asset classes." This ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... 80s and the high inflation and recession that followed. While we're reminiscing, let's recall the scares of more recent times, as in... just this year. There were plenty. The emerging market rout and the slide in emerging market currencies on the back ...