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Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
US President Barack Obama's re-election has removed uncertainty about the direction of banking and healthcare policies posing a raft of opportunities for investors, according to Origin Asset Management's John Birkhold. Four more years of Obama has removed ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... up the fiscal cliff, absent offsetting changes, would pose a substantial threat to the recovery" to hopes that the US President and the US Congress would reach a deal to steer the economy away from the fiscal cliff. Hey, wasn't this what we've been saying ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... secretary of the CMFEU Construction and General Division, Frank O'Grady, assistant national secretary and Rita Mallia, president of the CMFEU NSW branch. "The role of directors is to serve the best interests of the fund members and to have no other agenda," ...

CSSA calls out default fund selection

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... to close thanks to the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012, said Douglas Latto, Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) president. The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) has made a submission to the Standing Committee on Education, Employment and ...

AIST CEO resigns for UN post

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... advocate, Reynolds has made a long-term contribution to the not-for-profit superannuation sector, said Cate Wood, AIST president. Under Reynolds' stewardship, AIST has grown into a well-resourced and active industry association that had a significant ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... 6.55 points (0.48 per cent) at 1,359.88, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite shed 16.19 (0.57 per cent) at 2,853.13. President Barack Obama met with congressional leaders from the Democratic and Republican parties to open crunch talks on pulling back ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... said the Australian market had followed Wall Street's lead. The Dow Jones Average plunged to close at 184.92 after US President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the so-called year-end fiscal ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... the broader All Ordinaries index was up 6.5 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,410.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled as US President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff. After ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... opportunities across a range of sectors," she added. The fund is managed by John Beck, the firm's London based senior vice president and co-director of Franklin Templeton's international bond group. John has over 25 years' experience in the industry ...

Klipin leaves AFA for millenium 3

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... work, ground-breaking GenXt platform which has nurtured the future leaders of advice into the industry. AFA National President, Michael Nowak attributes Klipin with leaving the AFA is exceptionally vibrant shape. "The AFA now has a strong national board ...