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Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... is an important part of a broader package of reforms to build the infrastructure Australia needs to compete in the 21st century," Albanese said last month. The Omega Global Listed Infrastructure fund is tilted towards higher yielding securities and companies ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... retiring today has only had 9% of superannuation for 11 years. "This system won't be mature until the second half of the 21st century when a person entering the workforce receives 12% superannuation and has contributed for a 40 year time." The CMSF is ...

Fund flows up after tax changes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Johnson Report on Australia's future as a financial services center, following the release of the 'Australia in the Asian Century' white paper. Small changes can have a big impact on fund flows and Australia needs to stay ahead of the game, said John ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... on the topic of How will sustainable growth and environmental protection be achieved as Asia's primacy increases this century?. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed 0.7 per cent lower on Thursday following steep falls on Wall Street. At the close ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... of 2013, said the Financial Services Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government released its 'Australia in the Asian Century' white paper last week, John Brogden, chief executive officer, FSC, called for fast action on the Johnson Report into Australia's ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... Furthermore, the rise of the Chinese middle class and Prime Minister Julia Gillard's push more engagement with the 'Asian century' should further advance trade with the East. "Our relationship with China is evolving. It's not just resources and iron ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... executive, Financial Services Council. In a statement yesterday following the release of the Gillard Government's Asian Century White Paper, Brogden said that fast action was needed to make sure the window of opportunity was not missed. With 10.6% of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Report is due to be launched, while the Finsia Financial Services Conference 2012 in Sydney includes a panel on The Asian century, Emerging markets, Global trends with various business leaders participating. There also will be a regulatory update with ...

Enduring baby boomers redefine retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... years ago the average retiree would survive only six years, today the average retiree will be around for a quarter of a century (24 years) once they've stopped working. Then there are retirees in higher socio-economic groupings with better health and ...