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Telstra Super hunting new executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Telstra Super is continuing its search for a new head of property and infrastructure following the departure of Greg Lee before Christmas. The $17 billion corporate superannuation fund accepted Lee's resignation effective 18 December 2015. A short statement ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
While fears of deflation continue to haunt Japan and the Eurozone, no-flation the United Kingdom, low-flation China, the latest update on Australian consumer prices shows that inflation here is under control. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to an ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Thank heavens for 'Australia Day'! The holiday saved us, Australians all, from being whipsawed by the big swings in oil prices and on Wall Street. But there's even greater reason to remain optimistic - if not rejoice - for even before we downed our ...

ING DIRECT announces new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
ING DIRECT Australia will have a new chief executive from June as Vaughn Richtor announced his retirement from the country's sixth largest retail bank today. Richtor will also retire as chief executive of ING Retail Banking Asia. He will continue to ...

Equip to pay super contributions during parental leave

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Equipsuper is prepared to walk the talk when it comes to helping close Australia's gender savings gap, announcing it will pay superannuation guarantee contributions in to its employees' super accounts during paid and unpaid parental leave. The decision ...

AMP to announce SMSF board

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
AMP SMSF will announce a new board for its self-managed superannuation fund administration business in the first quarter of 2016. The new board follows AMP's acquisitions of SMSF administrators SuperIQ and SuperCorp in November and progresses the financial ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has been named as part of the newly created Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Asset Owner Advisory Committee. Silk was the only Australian named as one of 15 inaugural committee members from around ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Despite growing worries over China, commodity prices, Fed policy and the slow transition from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that ...

ME names chairman replacing Weaven

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
ME has named the person taking over from not-for-profit sector heavyweight Garry Weaven as chair of the industry fund-owned bank. Ken Hodgson, who joined the ME board in January 2012, took over from Weaven on 1 January 2016. The decision was ratified ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
It's bad news and it's good news. This is the message delivered by the latest update on China's inflation. China Inflation November Dee Consensus Dee Actual CPI - Y/Y Change 1.50% 1.60% 1.60% PPI - Y/Y Change -5.90% -5.80% -5.90% China's CPI inflation ...