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Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Investors make some of their investment decisions based on whether they support the political party in power or not, academic research shows. The School of Business finance department from University of Miami released data this month claiming that investors ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... itself and talk more to the Australian public." He asked the audience to avoid the infighting. "Let's take the suffocating politics out of super... The Monty Python factions of industry funds versus retail, accountants versus planners, self managed super ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... debt/deficit country Australia. Funny because what's happening now has all happened before... during the Great Depression. Politics got in the way. Citizens demanded jobs - they got currency wars and protectionist policies. Taxpayers wailed over spendthrift ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... misplaced with Australia's deficit and liabilities "marginal" compared to other countries. "There is certainly a lot of politics around the issue, but at the end of the day it's really a non-issue compared to everyone else," said Anthony Kirkham, head ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... used to identify the key factors that drive financial confidence and well-being with six main attributes identified. Politics still appears to be a key confidence shaker with Western Australia reporting the biggest decline of 2.8 points after the May ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
The chief of Australia's largest industry fund, AustralianSuper, is urging politicians, especially the independents, to rank superannuation adequacy high on the agenda as negotiations progress to form the next government. Ian Silk, chief executive of ...

AMP books 4.4pc rise in profits, AUM stable

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... one-year low below $5.10. In a conference call with journalists, AMP said it would be happy to work with either side of politics following this weekend's election.

DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... on the New York State Common Retirement Fund," he wrote. DiNapoli went on to condemn the "individuals who are playing politics", and those trying to "mislead taxpayers and scare members" who rely on the fund for their financial security. "The fund is ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... preferring to hold its alternative assets in absolute return funds. It is now Australia's biggest hedge fund investor. Politics aside, Murray's comments referring to the inter-generational aspect of what to do with the revenue bonanza from the prolonged ...

Australian Ethical CIO resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Halloran's decision, it is a good career opportunity for him consistent with the studies he has been pursuing in international politics. "We wish him well for his future," he said, continuing, "In his time with Australian Ethical, he has made significant ...