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Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Allowing SG to be lowered, even just temporarily to help stimulate the economy, would be an economic disaster, warned former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating. At the end of last year, a group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the ...

AIRC sets more default super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) has today released the second tranche of revised Awards including details of their default superannuation funds. The revisions are part of the Award Modernisation process commenced last year at the ...

UPDATE: Prime Super drops $14m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
The $872 million Prime Super has reduced its property mandate with Lend Lease, holding on to a $20 million mandate while withdrawing $14 million to find other investment opportunities. "Prime Super has considered selling secondary units from Lend Lease's ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
'Can I just add my voice to this. I think the prime minister is incredibly, is A-plus on these issues. If we did what he advises, we'll all be in a better place.' Malcolm, eat your heart out. This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner patting the ...

Statewide appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
South Australian private sector super fund, Statewide Superannuation Trust has appointed Nicholas Begakis as chair. Begakis has been a director at Statewide Superannuation Trust for almost two years. He holds several other board positions including ...

Santa Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
'Tis the season to be jolly. Christmas has arrived early for equity investors. Or has it? Stock markets around the world rallied between 5 and 8 per cent yesterday and overnight, punctuated by the Dow's peeping above the 9,000 mark in intra-day trade ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Super funds will be forced to revalue their private equity investments as the global financial crisis hits private equity growth on not one but three fronts: business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds ...

ANZ to become top four bank in Vietnam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Homegrown bank and wealth manager ANZ is set to open new branches and expand services in Vietnam after receiving a licence of incorporation from the State Bank of Vietnam. The landmark move was witnessed by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and ...

Oil speculators push up prices 50 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
It happens to house prices, shares prices, currency markets, in wage negotiations and now it's happening to oil prices. The speculators have moved in and pushed prices way above where they should be. Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally released a support package for school teachers. "Financial literacy is an absolutely vital life skill for young Australians. The Rudd Government recognises that it's critical that young people get the chance ...