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Suncorp names new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
A new Suncorp group chief executive has been appointed following the announcement that incumbent Patrick Snowball will leave the company in October. Upon Snowball's departure, GPT chief executive and managing director Michael Cameron will assume his ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of negative offshore leads and lingering disappointment over trade figures out of China. "Offshore leads weren't great. In combination with that, there's a little bit of negativity from the China ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
Crrr-unch! That's the sound of China's trade numbers collapsing. And it was a thunderous thud, Virginia. The country's trade surplus shrank to US$3.08 billion in March from $60.6 bil in February and expectations for a US$40 bil print. With imports dropping ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Fund manager Epoch Investment Partners has blamed the relatively poor performance of active managers in recent years on the market distorting impact of quantitative easing and says talented stock pickers will come good again soon. S&P Dow Jones recently ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

Changes to super tax needed: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes changes need to be made to ensure tax concessions for super fund members and retirees are both fair and sustainable for all Australians. AIST will submit to the federal government's Tax Discussion ...

Policies can adjust super tax concessions: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes there are policies the federal government could implement promptly to adjust superannuation tax concessions. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said lifetime caps on concessional and non-concessional ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Listed companies that donated to a political party during the 2014 financial year significantly outperformed key market indices, research from research and advisory firm Political Monitor shows. While giving to both parties ensured the best outcome ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
"If you build it, they will come." Reports have it that China's fresh steps to strengthen its weakening housing market - by lowering down-payments, reducing taxes and easing restrictions on the use of retirement savings for home purchases - and expectations ...

Industry, government respond to Trowbridge report

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The government and industry bodies have responded to the recommendations in John Trowbridge's Review of Retail Life Insurance Advice. The Treasury was broadly supportive, with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg commenting that the report "makes a significant ...