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High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... retirement savings of ordinary Australians to continue to pursue excellence". He also announced that next year, there will be a third award, with the organisers recognising the achievements ofA the country's top superannuation chief financial officer ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... You want more? There's one more. The national statistician will today release its estimate on how the economy did in the third quarter. Consensus expectations are for real GDP growth of 0.7% in the quarter and 3.1% over the year. We should be shouting ...

Laminar fund wins award for innovation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... managers, advisers and their clients. "With Australia being the largest Funds Under Management market in the Asia-Pacific and third largest in the world, it is in a position to be a key driver of innovation and thought leadership." A special commendation ...

Market wrap PM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... (OPEC) decided not to cut production from 30 million barrels a day in response to crude prices, which have shed more than a third of their value since June.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... advanced eight cents to $33.15 and ANZ had lifted 16 cents to $32.54. Health insurer Medibank Private was doing well on its third day as a listed company, gaining 4.5 cents, or 2.1% to $2.145. In the resources sector at 1019 AEDT, mining giant BHP Billiton ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... 0.03 per cent to 6,729.17 points, also unmoved by official data confirming the British economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter. Frankfurt's DAX 30 added 0.55 per cent to 9,915.56 points while the Paris CAC 40 shed 0.20 per cent to 4,373.42. ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... biggest developed economy in the world growing at a revised annualised rate of 3.9% (from an initial guess of 3.5%) in the third quarter and Wall Street gives it a big gaping yawn? What gives? The tale of the Wall Street tape showed the S&P 500 index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Nasdaq Composite Index added 3.36 (0.07 per cent) at 4,758.25. The Commerce Department unexpectedly raised its estimate for third-quarter US economic growth to 3.9 per cent from 3.5 per cent. Analysts had projected a downward revision to the initial ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... revealed that across the workforce that women comprise 26% of key management positions and 17% of chief executives. One third of companies meanwhile have no senior women employees or executives. The industries with the highest female participation are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 17,817.06, up 7.00 points (0.04 per cent), its third straight record close. The S&P 500 gained 5.96 (0.29 per cent) to 2,069.46, its second straight record, while the tech-rich ...