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Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... better." Housed in a factory in Taicang, are high-end machines owned by German component makers EGO. EGO's heating components are in 60% of applicable kitchen appliances around the world. Manned by cheaper labour costs, the factory in Taicang uses the ...

Core Data: Super members crave quality dialogue

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... plus a growing desire for financial advice and information. CoreData's Super Engagement Index is built around the core components of engagement behaviour, satisfaction and intention, and also covers member length of membership and trust in the fund. ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... previous month and much better than expectations for a dip to 78. Better, both the expectations and current conditions components of the index jumped this month. Perhaps, the outsized 0.3 percentage point drop in the US jobless rate to 7.8% in September ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... staff. Then again, one swallow does not a spring make. This as much was the same message conveyed in the employment components of the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices. The employment index of the ISM manufacturing survey increased to 54.7 ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... approach to portfolio design, which can weather changing market conditions. "If a portfolio includes the right defensive components it should be able to weather interest rate falls or rises and provides enough liquidity to pay a steady pension income. ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... inquiry. "These are companies that are integrally involved in the production of key nuclear weapons and delivery system components," said Rush - chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon's Management Committee. Rush said the largest ...

Polarisation of super dubbed "shocking" by UK manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... the self-directed retiree market, annuities are "no magic bullet," although they have a place alongside other income components. Hogan referred to the UK phased system where you don't have to commit to an annuity purchase until 75. "I know there are ...

Value still key in insurance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The remuneration components of the Future of Financial Advice reforms may be distracting from the needs of consumers when it comes to insurance, said Brett Clarke, chief executive officer, retail life, TAL. "We talk a lot about FOFA and remuneration ...

Centralised portfolios better for tax

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... portfolio, and in terms of return. "And risk is managed across the whole portfolio rather than across four or five components, as well as cost, both transaction and tax." The Mysuper legislation that recently passed through parliament stipulates that ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... advice. According to HIP, transparency of cost structures and the provision of single and multi-issue advice were both components in the decision-making process. "One of the big conundrums for the superannuation industry, particularly industry super ...