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Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... $147.9 million. Across all age groups the study found men were far more likely to end their own lives than women - about five times more likely on average. The peak danger area for men was 39, while for women it was 69. On average about 11% of death ...

CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. At an average $4.84 million, the chief executives of ASX 100 companies make 63 times as much money as the average Australian, the lowest multiple since 2003. At the peak in 2007, chief executives were earning ...

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... our fellow investors and in particular how flighty they are. We don't want to suffer from their exiting the strategy in times of stress," he said.

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Li gets what Li likes. Yes Virginia, I've typed this phrase so many, many, many times -- changed from 'Wen gets what Wen wants when Wen wants it' when Li Kequiang took over China's premiership from Wen Jiabao on 13 March 2013 -- on this space before. ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... work last month. Consensus expectations centred on a 15,000 gain to headcount - it got more than that. Twice? Thrice? Four times? The ABS reported that the economy generated 121,000 jobs last month. Work out the maths and that equates to eight times ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... trust." AIST chief executive Tom Garcia, who worked in financial advice before moving to AIST, said: "We need to move with the times and incorporate solid ethics and conduct training in line with other industries such as law and medicine. "Financial ...

Harvard receives record-breaking donation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... nevertheless too loyal to his presidential comrade-in-arms. And third was hedge funds. I know they are bad because most times people lose money on the stock, bond or currency markets, journalists usually say it was due to something hedge funds did - ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... persistence of rising consumer prices is evident in its monetary policy action - it has jacked up its target SELIC rate nine times from 7.25% in April 2013 to 11.0% in April this year (where it currently remains). With the inflation rate forecast at ...