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Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... to be selected to be in awards? "It's old thinking to think that somehow it buttresses the rights of the working man or woman to have trade unions with legislated protection of one sort or another. The thing that will kill the unions ultimately is protection. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... climbed to $US1.3481 from $US1.3459 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied for a second day after the woman tipped to take over as the US Federal Reserve chief indicated she would maintain its stimulus program for as long as ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
"A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot." - Isabel Allende, InA(C)s of My Soul It's looking a lot like a happy Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas, don't you think so Virginia? You, I and Irene have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... point to this year's 7.3%-7.5% GDP growth forecast. While this doesn't sound much, it matters a lot for every Filipino man, woman and child who needs every point percentage of growth they could get to help alleviate them from poverty. The good news is ...

Nearly 50% of woman to suffer under LISC dumping

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has ramped up its campaign to save the low income superannuation concession (LISC), saying scrapping Labor's plan will hurt almost one in two Australian women. The industry body also claimed that the repeal of the LISC ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... markets sentiment from jumping at any creaking sound to singing, "I am strong, I am invincible...", no it's not because "I am woman" but because the central banks' got our backs. Just how bullish is the market? According to the American Association of ...

FPA confronts advisers with their worst nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) has confronted advisers at the annual Conference with the case of a young disabled woman who took $800,000 to a financial planner and lost it all due to bad advice. The client became disabled after a car accident ...

There is fear in the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold the post in the institution's 100-year history, replacing Ben Bernanke whose term ends in January. President Obama is ...