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CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... state of California, issued the following statement in connection with the lawsuit: "State law does not permit general fund budget problems to jeopardise the financial soundness of CalPERS or the benefits that we are obligated to pay retirees. "Further ...

Mammoth super data creates operational risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Super funds may need to reassess their technology budgets after research found swelling data volumes is putting storage systems under too much pressure. Symantec research found Australian companies are struggling to keep up with rising data volumes ...

Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... penalise us as a "capital importing country". The Prime Minister also recommitted his government to halving the commonwealth budget by 2013 and signalled additional budgetary cuts will be required to achieve this - although the government will still ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The global economic crisis has a serious impact not just on the finances of African women but on their mortality rates too, said Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank vice president for the Africa Region. The global economic crisis will drastically reduce ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... early this week. This could be interpreted as either the Australian Government does not want to add anymore to its mounting budget deficit or that the Treasurer is now more sanguine about the economy's future prospects. The correct answer is perhaps ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its budget deficit. Speaking at the ASFA lunch briefing yesterday, Hockey said the Government's run up in debt is excessive and raised ...

GESB looks to alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... time in the market presents us with the opportunity to fully capitalise on the unutilised capacity in our illiquidity risk budget," said Hicks. Other direct asset classes including unlisted infrastructure is on GESB's agenda, although Hicks said the ...

UN PRI gets tough and de-lists signatories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is kicking out around six signatories next month for failing to fulfill their reporting duties. James Gifford, executive director of the PRI, said the signatories would be de-listed after ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... deliberations to diversify away from the US dollar. There were also US Treasury figures that showed the shortfall on America's budget reached US$1.1 trillion in the nine months to June. The Congressional Budget Office expects this to reach US$1.84 trillion ...

Investors shift more money outside super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The increasing number of government reviews and recent Federal Budget changes to super have prompted clients to boost investments outside of super to fund their retirement, said Centric Wealth advisers. According to Anne-Marie Esler, technical services ...