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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... 4,310.65. Iraq remained at the centre of attention as Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged the people to defend the country against jihadist insurgents while President Barack Obama said he was examining options short of sending in US troops. Insurgents ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... and June 2012 rebounded in September 2012 and before shrinking anew in December of 2012 - to now, the fastest growing G7 country. UK GDP grew by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter this year - nearly double the 1.7% rate King handed over to Carney ...

Australia among the big guns in millionaire stakes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Australia is home to around 195,000 millionaire households, putting the country 14th in the global league tables, just ahead of India. The figure comes from the latest private wealth survey from management consultant, the Boston Consulting Group. Leading ...

Power sell off approved by NSW govt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... including a second Sydney Harbour rail crossing. A major split within the coalition forced Premier Mike Baird to exempt country-based Essential Energy from the sale, with the Nationals vehemently opposed to it being privatised. The Nationals also demanded ...

FEAL to recognise top superannuation CIOs and COOs

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The country's leading superannuation chief investment officers and chief operation officers will be recognised at a national CIO & COO Awards through a joint initiative by industry body FEAL and fund manager La Trobe Financial. FEAL has teamed up with ...

Win entry to the MAX awards

... have been waiting on three good reasons to attend MAX here they are; 1) The Adviser's Wish list - we invite three of the country's top financial advisers to tell us what new products and services they predict will be a hit with their clients. 2) Advertising ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... oil sands producers such as Suncor. However, the RIL funds were invested in none of these funds. When asked why, in a country where coal is such a major export, only one Australian company was excluded from the investable universe, Woods said that there ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... it's not good enough... not strong enough to reverse the developing deflationary risk in the region. More so, because the country breakdown shows that while Germany and Spain's growth pace doubled in the first quarter from the previous one, the French ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... People The Philippines has not made international headlines since Super Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes and lives continues. As expected, the calamity sliced ...