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US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to get the US debt position under control, President Obama's deficit commission has proposed raising the retirement age and commencing a serious discussion around increasing retirement savings. It echoes the kind of debate ...

Heat rises on emissions disclosure

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Australian Ethical Investment and The Climate Institute have complained to ASIC and are considering legal action against two major resources companies after shareholder institutions were denied the chance to vote on a proposal that would force the companies ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
If the FPA's desire for financial planning to be viewed as a profession and not just an industry is to be realised, a greater appreciation of investing in good old fashioned stocks might be a good place to start. And advisers have the perfect opportunity ...

Toll roads lead global $50bn M&A activity

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Infrastructure investments worldwide are due to attract at least $50 billion from pension and sovereign funds over the next two years with toll roads at the top of the buy list. According to the latest UBS report, there are a number of major takeover ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE ) and Echo Capital are targeting foreign investors with new property products in Australia after the May budget revised the national withholding tax rate to a more favourable 7.5 per cent. The new strategic alliance, MITSA (Managed ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
After being largely overlooked during the election campaign and in the scramble to form government, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has put superannuation policy firmly back in the political spotlight. The Minister called on mining companies and ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Dealer group Synchron's training conference next month for its financial advisers will be run entirely on an iPad, setting a technological milestone in the planning industry. Some 50 financial advisers who are attending the group's Next Generation Training ...

IOOF agrees to buy North

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
IOOF has announced that provided NAB acquires AXA Asia Pacific it will buy the AXA North platform, potentially removing a major stumbling block holding back the NAB-AXA merger. The focus on the North platform is because the competition regulator, the ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Finally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! It's good news for financial markets. Positive speculation abound after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) posted the ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
How do you solve a problem like Athena? The bears are slowly coming back from the woodworks as the vigilantes of the bond market train their crosshairs from Greece to other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom ...