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German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Euro isn't the cause of Europe's economic woes and referring to it as a currency crisis misses the point, said the German foreign minister, Dr Guido Westerwelle, in a strongly worded speech to the Brookings Institution in the US last month. "The ...

Age Discrimination Commissioner to address WIS

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
Women in Super are hosting a networking lunch on Monday February 6 in Sydney which will be presented by Susan Ryan AO, Australia's new Age Discrimination Commissioner. Susan will speak about her role and her priority areas for reform in 2012 and beyond. ...

AMP: FOFA needs a rigorous stocktake

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
AMP has come down hard on the government's draft FOFA legislation, saying the Bill as it stands had "so many problems" a "rigorous stocktake" was needed. Appearing before the Parliamentary Joint Committee yesterday, managing director AMP Financial Services ...

Annual fee collation too complex: FPA to PJC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... prescriptive and complex and would add to costs and inefficiency for advisers. "I'm a big believer in identifying the problem you're trying to solve and I'm not sure we've got a problem that needs to be solved," said Rantall. "It wasn't identified by ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Standard & Poor's was at it - slashing - again last night. After lopping off one A out of France's and Austria's AAA credit rating at the end of last week, it did the same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... is the continued deterioration in the fortunes of Europe. Many, many moons after Greece was discovered to have a debt problem -- and then Ireland, and then Portugal, and then Spain -- European authorities are still to come up with a solution that contains ...

NTEU wants changes at UniSuper trustee company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... investment and superannuation product options, and very low administration costs." The union also acknowledges the major problem is not management per se but the pressure sustained poor capital market performance has put on the fund's DB division's solvency ...

CFSGAM: REITS are a safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... companies globally, earnings and cash flow have been resilient. There hasn't been any major downturn. According to Plater, the problem has been that people are looking at the direction a lot of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) took before 2006 ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Markets remain turbulent with persistent worries over Europe but the Union will "make up, not break up", according to George Boubouras from UBS. However, investors should remain diversified across all asset classes to protect from "fatigue". George ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
Australian stocks extended their losses as a slew of downgrades to European banks and fears that France may soon follow sent offshore bourses tumbling overnight. Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded major banks Credit Agricole and Rabobank on the back ...