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Fundies split on Hatoyama effect

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... cent. The DPJ won the elections held on 30 August, ending the LDP's 50-year plus reign and ushering a new era in Japanese politics.

Politics wield power over asset prices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Political affiliations do more than just influence who will become the next US president, they can dictate asset prices too, according to a study on the performance of Democratic versus Republican fund managers. US-based publication, Advisor Perspectives ...

Blame the banks for the crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... "fundamental lack" of regulation - a symptom of political greed and a wider "feather your own nest" culture in British politics. Meanwhile 58 per cent of those surveyed say they are financially worse off as a result of the recession. More than 20 per ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... one, as the scheme has been widely lauded as a tremendous measure for restoring fairness to superannuation. Where the politics meets the fiscal bottom line is that the scheme had become too popular and too expensive. Superannuation contribution limit ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... Minister pre-empted by hinting pensions would be boosted by $35 per week. But fiscal reality is catching up with the politics of pensions as Treasury estimates suggested the proposed reforms could immediately cost as much as $4 billion per year and significantly ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... nine. The bushfire disaster that razed entire communities in Melbourne to the ground the timely response by both sides of politics serves as a microcosm of this crisis. They just went and did. Had they debated whether or not to use depleted Melbourne's ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics. We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... transforming superannuation from being just an annoying extra labour cost into a major macro-economic lever could put the politics of superannuation contributions into the news everyday and dramatically lift the tempo behind industry calls for overall ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... opportunity is that transforming superannuation from being extra labour cost into a major macro-economic lever could put the politics of superannuation contributions into the news everyday and dramatically lift the tempo behind industry calls for overall ...

Wiki me happy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... more importantly, read and respond to social media, as opposed to print based media. But while social networking paid in politics, super funds and fund managers have regulatory obligations that preclude them from using conventional sites. For example ...